 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower has entered Red Sea, US 5th Fleet announced on Saturday. Eisenhower, USS Philippine Sea and USS Mason entered the Red Sea after transiting from the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal, November 4, the 5th Fleet revealed in a statement. This was the first case of two US aircraft carriers sailing together in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in decades, according to the 5th Fleet. The US military command earlier reported that the Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group arrived in the Middle East and the Sencombe area of responsibility as part of the increase in regional posture. The strike group is commanded by carrier strike group 2 and comprised of flagship aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, guided missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea, guided missile destroyers USS Mason and USS Gravely of destroyer squadron 22, carrier Airwing 3, with its 9 squadrons, and the information warfare commander. The aircraft carriers are stationed in the region amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Shortly after Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford's deployment and shifted the strike group to the eastern Mediterranean as part of the US effort to keep the conflict from spreading.