USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduros capture
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support the U. S. war with Iran and the capture of Nicolás Maduro when he was Venezuela's president. The most advanced U. S. warship and two accompanying destroyers docked at Naval Station Norfolk with about 5,000 sailors waiting to see their families for the first time since June. Besides combat a...
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