USA-Aircraft Carriers/Middle East
USA-Aircraft Carriers/Middle East
Dateline : April 24, 2026/Recent/File
Location : United States
Duration : 1'35
Beijing, China - April 24, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screenshots of U.S. Central Command's social media post
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - May 12, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Various of White House
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. White House
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - October 2024 (CCTV Video News Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of Capitol building, U.S. national flag, traffic
FILE: Norfolk, Virginia, USA - July 22, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier; military aircraft
FILE: Tehran, Iran - Jan 21, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
6. National flag of Iran
FILE: Tehran, Iran - Jan 30, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
7. National flags of Iran
Tehran, Iran - April 8, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
8. Various of traffic, pedestrians, national flags of Iran
For the first time in decades, three U.S. aircraft carriers are operating simultaneously in the Middle East, U.S. Central Command said on Friday.
The three carriers — the USS Abraham Lincoln, the USS Gerald R. Ford and the USS George H.W. Bush — are carrying more than 200 aircraft and 15,000 sailors and Marines, according to the Central Command.
A day earlier, the command announced that the Bush carrier strike group had entered its area of responsibility and was currently in the Indian Ocean. The Bush, a Nimitz-class carrier, left Naval Station Norfolk in the U.S. state of Virginia in late March.
The Lincoln is conducting missions in the Arabian Sea, primarily tasked with enhancing U.S. maritime blockade operations, while the Ford is positioned in the northern Red Sea, where the U.S. claims that it is maintaining maritime security.
The Bush is expected to relieve the Ford, and during the handover period, the U.S. military is expected to maintain a three-carrier deployment posture in the region.
Meanwhile, an Iranian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday that Iran has never halted production of defense equipment, and the ministry is fully committed to meeting the needs of the armed forces across all situations, including combat readiness and ceasefire conditions.
The developments come as a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire faces uncertainty, with Washington continuing its naval blockade and signaling possible military action.
Pakistan, meanwhile, is pushing to revive stalled U.S.-Iran talks, with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi expected to visit Pakistan for talks with Islamabad's mediation team and Washington saying key negotiators would also travel to Pakistan, raising speculation that a second round of U.S.-Iran talks could resume.
ID : 8476351
Published : 2026-04-25 02:26
Last Modified : 2026-04-25 18:21:29
Source : CCTV Video News Agency,China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN),Other
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