AFP/Eric BARADATAn F-35 fighter jet flies over the White House on June 12, 2019 in Washington, DC.
It is noteworthy that the United States doubled its military presence in the Mediterranean after the war with the Gaza Strip
The US Department of Defense announced today (Sunday) that five American soldiers were killed in a plane crash during military training in the Mediterranean region.
The accident occurred last Friday evening due to a malfunction during the air refueling process that the crew members were trying to carry out. The US Army stated that the circumstances of the accident were under investigation, but it was clarified that it was an accident during training and not a collision resulting from aggressive activity in the area. President Joe Biden commented on the event, saying: “The entire nation shares in the families’ grief.”
Since the outbreak of the war between Israel and Gaza at the beginning of October, the United States has doubled its military presence in the Mediterranean region, and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on October 8 the arrival of warships and the aircraft carrier Gerard Ford to the Mediterranean. It is the largest tanker in the American fleet and carries 75 aircraft. Last week, the US Central Command published on social networking sites a picture of an American Ohio-class submarine that arrived in the Suez Canal.
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2023-11-12 21:34:06
