US EditionUS to conduct military exercises in Middle East as tension with Iran builds
The exercise involves rapid deployment and sustainment of combat airpower by US forces, with the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group boosting regional military presence, CENTCOM said.
- On Tuesday , U.S. Central Command announced a major multi-day operational readiness exercise in West Asia but did not disclose exact locations or duration.
- In recent weeks, tensions rose over Iran's violent crackdown on protesters as the Iranian rial traded around 1,077,500 to the US dollar, with HRANA reporting at least 6,126 killed and over 41,800 arrested.
- The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group has arrived with several destroyers carrying Tomahawk cruise missiles, while Gen. Derek France said airmen operate effectively under challenging conditions.
- Speculation of strikes has grown as U.S. deployments intensify; a senior Iranian official warned any attack would be treated as a 'full-scale war' while some Gulf allies and Turkey limit options.
- According to CENTCOM, drills validate rapid relocation, dispersed operations by small teams, and multinational command-and-control, with all activities approved by host nations and coordinated with civil and military aviation authorities.
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There are about ten US naval ships in the Middle East, including a flotilla with the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, three destroyers and F-35C fighter jets. This is roughly the same deployment that the Americans had in the Caribbean when they detained Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in early January and took them to New York for trial.
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U.S. forces will conduct a multi-day air exercise in the Middle East, while Washington reinforces its military presence in the region amid tensions with Iran.
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