Four US Navy aircraft carriers sail in the Atlantic Ocean with a cloudy sky above them.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Harry S. Truman, and USS Gerald R. Ford and dry cargo ship USNS William McLean sail in formation in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • The US Navy has no aircraft carriers in the Pacific as focus remains on the Middle East.
  • The absence raises some concerns amid tensions in the region and continued Chinese aggression.
  • The Pentagon has assured that it can respond to conflicts in both the Pacific and Middle East at the same time.

The US Navy currently has no aircraft carriers deployed in the Pacific as ongoing conflicts in the Middle East demand the military's attention.