U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz left the South China Sea on Monday morning heading west, according to data from ship tracking website Marine Traffic, after a reception for its planned port call in central Vietnam was cancelled.

The U.S. Navy is sending a second carrier strike group to the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran threatens to spiral out of control.The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, along with its nine air squadrons,

AMERICA is sending the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier to the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates. The hulking $4.5billion nuclear-powered supercarrier, nicknamed Old Salt,

The U.S. Navy said aircraft carrier operations in the South China Sea are part of its routine presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

The USS Nimitz has left the South China Sea and is heading toward the Middle East amid rising Iran-Israel tensions, Reuters reports. A planned Vietnam port call was canceled due to “operational requirements,