U.S. army to deploy additional troops and aircraft to Israel amid rising tensions
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- The U.S. Army currently has about 3,000 soldiers stationed in Israel operating air‑defense systems and providing pilot, support and logistics personnel, and it has rotated some units as their deployment periods ended while planning to send more soldiers and aircraft in the coming weeks.
- U.S. Central Command is coordinating with Israel on scenarios such as potential missile attacks from Iran, and the United States has decided to send an additional 10,000 soldiers to the Middle East, with the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier carrying 9,000‑10,000 troops; together with the USS George H.W. Bush and USS George Washington, about 50,000 soldiers are now in the region.
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