#USSGeorgeHWBush aircraft carrier has arrived to #Israel & is docked outside #Haifa Port. Ship is currently taking part fight against #IS http://pic.twitter.com/FtCGEOknC4— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) July 1, 2017
i24 News: US aircraft carrier anchors off Israeli coast for first time in 17 years
Ship was previously stationed in the Arabian Gulf, from where airstrikes against IS group were launched
The USS H.W. Bush dropped anchor in the waters off the Israeli port city of Haifa on Saturday, marking the first time in nearly two decades that a US aircraft carrier has docked off Israel's coast.
The 333 meter-long and 20-story high ship, powered by two nuclear reactors, was too large to dock at Haifa's port itself, and was anchored some four kilometers off the coast.
The ship is expected to remain off Haifa's coast until Wednesday.
The aircraft carrier has about 80 fighter planes and a crew of about 5,700, the Ynet news outlet reported, including some 2,500 personnel who belong to the US Air Force.
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