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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lolita C. Baldor

US sends ship-based Navy fighter jets to a base in the Middle East to help protect Israel

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About a dozen F/A-18 fighter jets from the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier have flown to a military base in the Middle East, as part of the Pentagon’s effort to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and to safeguard U.S. troops, according to a U.S. official.

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