Deployment of USS Gerald Ford to Caribbean Is 'A Sign They May Be Closer to Airstrikes', Says Panama-Invasion Historian

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the U.S. Navy’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier. The vessel can carry more than 4,500 crew members and measures 1,092 feet long, just over the length of three football fields. (Credit: Via @CVN78_GRFord on X)

The recent deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford to the Caribbean could signal that U.S. airstrikes on Venezuela are nearer, according to a Latin America specialist whose scholarship includes a detailed study of the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.

In remarks published this week by La Vanguardia, the historian said that if President Donald Trump were preparing to use military force against Venezuela from the Caribbean, "the first thing to look for in the fleet is an aircraft carrier." He described the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford — the world's largest carrier, equipped with more than 75 aircraft including 24 Super Hornet strike fighters — as "undoubtedly a sign they may be closer to carrying out airstrikes."