The move comes while talks with Tehran are still happening. It shows that the United States is ready to use military force if the negotiations fail.

The U.S. is sending the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and its strike ...

The US Navy’s top officer previously cautioned that extending the deployment of the aircraft ...

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle ...

This comes after reports that the USS George H.W. Bush would deploy to the region.

The rapid buildup to the biggest, baddest aircraft carriers started with the World War II attack on Pearl Harbor.

Source says USS Ford to join USS Lincoln as Trump ups pressure on Tehran to reach nuclear deal; Iranians hold 40-day mourning events for victims of regime's crackdown on protests ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will send the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East to back up another already there, a person familiar with the plans said Friday, putting more ...

The world’s largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East, a person familiar with the plans ...

The carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its escorting ships were sent to the Middle East and are not expected to be back before late April or early May.