{"id":61024,"date":"2019-05-06T04:43:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T04:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/06\/lincoln-carrier-strike-group-other-resources-dispatched-to-middle-east-due-to-possible-attack-on-us-forces-source-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:47:42","slug":"lincoln-carrier-strike-group-other-resources-dispatched-to-middle-east-due-to-possible-attack-on-us-forces-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2019\/05\/06\/lincoln-carrier-strike-group-other-resources-dispatched-to-middle-east-due-to-possible-attack-on-us-forces-source-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, other resources dispatched to Middle East over unspecified Iran threats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. is rushing an aircraft carrier and other military resources to the Middle East after seeing Iranian troops and proxy forces<\/a> making preparations for attacks against U.S. forces and interests in the region, a defense official told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the White House, National Security Adviser John Bolton said Sunday night that the U.S. was deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region, an area that includes the Middle East. In a statement, he said the move was in response to “a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings,” but did not provide more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The request would get the ships into the region two weeks earlier than initially planned, according to the defense official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly so spoke on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\t