Middle EastOctober 8, 2026

USS Abraham Lincoln Returns With Kill Marks From Iran War

The carrier ended a 321 day deployment painted with more than 140 drone, ship and submarine kill marks, figures that differ from its official unit citation.

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Satellite imagery: NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). AI-assisted & editor-monitored.