For the first time in over 20 years, three U.S. aircraft carriers with hundreds of Navy aircraft and thousands of sailors and Marines are deployed to the Middle East.

East Coast carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is now operating in the Middle East after a sailing around the southern tip of Africa, U.S. Central Command announced on Thursday. Bush’s entrance into CENTCOM marks the first time three carriers have been in the Middle East since the height of the U.

The U.S. military said Friday that three aircraft carriers are operating in the Middle East, for the first time in more than two decades, as the U.S. enforces its naval blockade against Iran in the

The USS George H.W. Bush has arrived in US Central Command's area of responsibility, boosting the command's available combat power.

Three U.S. aircraft carriers are operating in Central Command's area of responsibility for the first time since 2003.

Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is operating off the coast of Namibia, as it sails around the African continent and is set to join a growing naval force in the Arabian Sea amid a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz,

The service is looking at how superior Ford-class carriers are to Nimitz-class carriers, said the recently ousted Navy Secretary John Phelan.

The Navy is reviewing the design and costs of its Ford-class aircraft carrier, one of its most high-tech and expensive warships.