U.S. deploys ships and fighter jets to Middle East as Israel braces for Iran attack

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U.S. deploys ships and fighter jets to Middle East as Israel braces for Iran attack
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered fighter jets as well as Navy destroyers and cruisers deployed to 'bolster force protection for U.S. troops in the region and to defend Israel,' the Pentagon said.

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a U.S. fighter jet prepares to take off from USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier during the Freedom Edge exercise by the U.S., Japan and South Korea in Sea of Japan on June 28.

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group will also be moved to the Middle East in order"to maintain a carrier strike group presence." It will replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group after the end of its deployment.were killed and Iran and its proxies vowed revenge.

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