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The USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier is deploying to the Middle East region amid rising tensions with Iran. The carrier and its strike group will join US operations in the region, along with several guided missile destroyers that have also departed the US.
A US aircraft carrier is heading to the Middle East. The USS George HW Bush can carry over 80 aircraft. It completed pre-deployment training earlier this month. The carrier will join US operations in Iran. Two guided missile destroyers, the USS Donald Cook and the USS Mason, have also departed the US. Another destroyer, the USS Ross, has left the US, but its destination is not public.
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