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Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is Now in the Atlantic

Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is now operating in the Atlantic Ocean after sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar on Wednesday, according to ship spotters. As of Wednesday, Ford has been deployed for 315 days, the longest carrier strike group deployment since the end of the Cold War.

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Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is now operating in the Atlantic Ocean after sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar on Wednesday, according to ship spotters. As of Wednesday, Ford has been deployed for 315 days, the longest carrier strike group deployment since the end of the Cold War. Since the start of the Vietnam War, only USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in 1964 and USS Midway (CVA-41) in 1972 have deployed longer for national tasking. Ford, the Navy’s newest carrier, was initially set to operate in Europe and the Middle East before being sent to U.S. Southern Command as

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