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Monday, August 3, 2015

America pulls the aircraft carrier from the Gulf



The newspaper "World Tribune US" said US capacity to launch raids against al Daash may be temporarily serious blow in the fall of this year, as a result of Washington's intention to withdraw US aircraft carrier in the Gulf, which means it will not be the United States has no aircraft carrier in the Gulf for the first time since 2007, due to US President Barack Obama's budget cuts.
The newspaper quoted, in a report posted on its website, for Admiral John Richardson, nominated by Obama administration to lead the naval operations, was quoted as saying in front of the Armed Services Committee in the US Senate, there will be a gap of two months in the fall, where they will be to the United States any aircraft carriers in the Gulf, pointing out that the United States will own 11 aircraft carrier when the carrier "USS Gerald Ford" enter service next year.

Richardson said, in response to a question to Republican Senator John McCain, "without an aircraft carrier it would hurt our abilities."

She drew the American newspaper that at the moment, is published aircraft carrier "Theodore Roosevelt" in the Gulf region and that one-third of air operations against Daash runs from the carrier, it has also been recently published Roosevelt aircraft carrier group to Yemen.

The newspaper pointed out that the experts believe that the lack of an aircraft carrier in the Middle East is a big mistake and reduces the options available to the US President, because very powerful aircraft carriers and is moving relatively quickly in times of need without having to get permission from a.

The United States recently got permission to use the air base at Incirlik in Turkey in the bombing against Daash operations.

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