The vital but rapidly aging Air Force E-3 Sentry is back in the Middle East while a replacement could still be years away.

Few nations in the Middle East have more to lose from a broader US-Iran war than Turkey.

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier entered the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, further boosting American firepower in a region that has seen a massive military buildup ahead of potential strikes

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said of the Jewish state’s biblical right to land in the region: “It would be fine if they took it all.”

COPENHAGEN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Norway is relocating some of the around 60 soldiers it has in the Middle East to Norway as well as to other countries in the region on security grounds, a spokesperson for the Norwegian armed forces said on Friday.

Washington has increased its military presence in the Middle East and is preparing contingency plans for possible action against Tehran, which has warned for a regional war in case of an attack from the US or its allies.

USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group heads to Middle East as U.S.-Iran tensions escalate, joining USS Abraham Lincoln already deployed in region.

Although the United States and ally Israel have a military advantage over Iranian forces, there are ways for Tehran to make any attack painful, officials said.