A US Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln while conducting “routine flight operations” in the Arabian Sea, US Central Command said on Friday. The aircraft belongs to Strike Fighter Squadron 151. The USS Abraham Lincoln is deployed in the region to “support security and stability” across the Middle East, according to the statement posted on X. The post included an image of the fighter jet taking off from the carrier’s flight deck. The deployment comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran, and hours after a US Navy guided-missile destroyer arrived at Israel’s Red Sea port of Eilat.