The American aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) has left the Mediterranean, as evidenced by satellite images showing the carrier and an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer sailing south through the Suez Canal.
*UPDATE: CSG 2 Suez Southbound*
— MT Anderson (@MT_Anderson) May 6, 2024
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Look who is heading back to the Red Sea! @TheCVN69 & an Arleigh Burke Class destroyer (USS Gravely?) are southbound in the Suez Canal (just exiting the Great Bitter Lake)
5 May 2024: Landsat 8-9 pic.twitter.com/sFrtuFeZWy
The USS Eisenhower had entered the Mediterranean on April 26. Since then, it has conducted a series of training activities with allied navies, particularly with the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the central Mediterranean.
Allies in war, protectors of Peace
— STRIKFORNATO (@STRIKFORNATO) May 2, 2024
Today, the Mediterranean served as the stage for a historic rendezvous as 🇫🇷 FS Charles de Gaulle & 🇺🇸 USS Eisenhower sailed side by side.
Bearing names immortalized in History's halls, these maritime behemoths are a living testament to the… pic.twitter.com/u8QotXLb6g
Now it is returning to the Red Sea where it will operate in safeguarding commercial maritime traffic against Houthi attacks.