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World’s largest aircraft carrier to return to US after record deployment

By Associated Press

USS Gerald R Ford to sail home after 10-month spell including role in Maduro capture and Middle East war The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R Ford, will be heading home following a record-setting deployment of more than 300 days that included participating in the war against Iran and capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two US officials said Wednesday. The Ford will be leaving the Middle East in the coming days and returning to its home port in Virginia in mid-May, a...