USS Abe Lincoln arrives in Middle East, making it two aircraft carriers
USS Georgia, a nuclear-powered submarine, is still in transit.

The USS Abraham Lincoln has arrived in the Middle East after orders from the US secretary of defense to accelerate its transit from the Indo-Pacific, a source familiar with the operation told Al Arabiya English.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had ordered the Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group to maintain a strike group presence in the region.


The Roosevelt will remain in the region for a short period of time, giving the US two Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in the Middle East, before its scheduled return to the United States.

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said the Lincoln, equipped with F-35C and F/A-18 Block III fighters, entered the area of responsibility (AOR) on Wednesday.

It is accompanied by Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 21 and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, CENTCOM said alongside a video posted on X.


The move comes amid an increase of US military assets and troops to the region following threats from Iran and its proxies to retaliate against Israel for assassinating top Hamas and Hezbollah figures in attacks in Tehran and Beirut.

The Pentagon says it is preparing for a wide variety of possibilities during a tense period in the region. “I understand the focus on this moment in time, but we in the [Pentagon] are a planning organization,” [/b]Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters on Tuesday. “And in addition to being ready for now, we’re going to be ready for that wide variety of contingencies of what may come. [b]To do that, you have to have capability and you have to have capacity. And so, that’s exactly what we’ve done and that’s exactly what we’d be prepared to do going ahead into the future.”

Austin has also ordered the USS Georgia, a nuclear-powered submarine, which has been in the Mediterranean Sea to deploy to the CENTCOM AOR. It is still in transit, according to the Pentagon.

Among the other moves to bolster force posture in the Middle East, the US military has shifted destroyers from the Gulf of Oman to the Red Sea.

Additional fighter jets along with additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and more destroyers to Europe and the Middle East have also come in response to the recent threats.

In contrast to April’s Iranian retaliation against Israel for a deadly strike against diplomatic facilities in Syria, Tehran has done little to telegraph the timing or type of its anticipated retaliation. It is also unclear if the so-called ‘axis of resistance’ will carry out a coordinated operation or conduct separate responses.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has vowed to strike at the heart of Israel in response to the assassination of its top military commander, Fuad Shukr. The group has yet to do so.

Iran said it would retaliate against Israel over the killing of a top Hamas political figure, Ismail Haniyeh, who was in Tehran for a ceremony to inaugurate the new Iranian president. They, too, have yet to respond!

Botragelad:
It's been weeks since Iran has been rattling about retaliating against Israel, but we've yet to see any tangible action.

Likely scared of facing severe repercussions. Well, this aircraft carrier is now in place to keep Iran and any other terrorist organisations in order.
FA ⏭️ FO

AllTheWayUp:

Even Other Arab nations are busy making jest of Iran on social media everyday.
Iran should Bleep Around and Find Out (FAFO).
Isreal is still testing the mic on Hezoballah jihadists since beginning of this week by increasing the number of missile strikes on Hezoballah target in Lebanon, they even killed an Iranian Quad Commander in Lebanon today,
Nothing Iran can do about that.

AFONJAmiracle:
I loveeeeeeeeeeeee you Israeli I love you I love you muah muah

Bomb them back to Stone Age

Bomb them back to the author of that evil book


Thank you USA 🇺🇸

Botragelad:
It's been weeks since Iran has been rattling about retaliating against Israel, but we've yet to see any tangible action.Likely scared of facing severe repercussions. Well, this aircraft carrier is now in place to keep Iran and any other terrorist organisations in order.

malali:
Show of force

Anybody can start a war, but no one knows how it will end.
Modern warfare has changed over the years.

You can destroy a physical structure but not an ideology
Conflicts in ideology is better resolved by negotiations.

I believe this is an agenda, that has been planned a long while back
All these so called instigators are all part of the plan.

Iran like all other Oil rich countries, the USA has gone to war with
Is their target for a forceful regime change.

Brazen attacks on a sovereign country like killing a diplomatic guest
Is like sticking your finger in someone else's mouth and accusing them of biting it.

One day....just one day, the war mongers will go to war and never come back.

Babalola0920:
All USA carrier easily made it to middle east hardly make it to EASTERN Europe especially RUSSIA seas 🌊 😆 🤣 😂 even Israel can't dare some certain nation despite been mention in the bible lmao.

Botragelad:
It's been weeks since Iran has been rattling about retaliating against Israel, but we've yet to see any tangible action.

Likely scared of facing severe repercussions. Well, this aircraft carrier is now in place to keep Iran and any other terrorist organisations in order.
FA ⏭️ FO

franchasofficia:
Why can't Iran embrace peace and focus solely on developing their nation and its citizens?


Why sponsoring terrorist organizations all over Middle East just to target and destroy Israel?


For your information, Iran have a goal to completely destroy Israel and take their land to convert to Shia Muslim holy land where Shia Muslims will be going for their own pilgrimage like Sunni Muslims go to Medina Saudi Arabia, that is why Iran and Saudi Arabia are sworn enemies.


Iran sponsors Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon

Iran sponsors Houthi terrorists in Yemen

Iran sponsors Kata'ib Hizballah (KH), Harakat al-Nujaba, and Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq terror groups in Iraq


So Iran is a big threat to Middle East peace and must be restrained at all cost and if they dare bite more than they can chew, Israel with the support of US will bomb them back to stone age when they were Persians before Muslim land grabbers conquered Iran