US aircraft carrier breaks record for longest deployment since the Vietnam War

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has broken the U.S. record for the longest deployment since the Vietnam War. The nearly 10-month span saw it take part in both the military raid in Venezuela and the Iran war. The ship’s 295th day at sea on Wednesday surpassed the previous longest deployment by an aircraft carrier in the past 50 years. That was when the USS Abraham Lincoln was sent out for 294 days in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's according to data compile...