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The Big Story More US bomber aircraft, warships heading to Middle East
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered more warplanes and Navy ships to the Middle East to maintain U.S. presence in the region as an aircraft carrier strike group is preparing to leave, the Pentagon announced Friday.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
While officials have not specified the duration of this gap in aircraft carrier presence to the Associated Press, the USS Harry S. Truman and its three supporting warships are expected to move to the Mediterranean Sea after finishing NATO exercises in the North Sea.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
Foreign tensions escalate even further in Season 2 of The Diplomat as Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) continues investigating the bombing of a British aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
aircraft carrier
noun
: a warship with a deck from which aircraft can take off and on which they can land
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