The U.S. has increased its military presence in the Middle East by several thousand troops, sending an array of fighter jets ...

That troop level grew in the early months of the Israel-Hamas war to about 40,000 as additional ships and aircraft ... of land-based fighter squadrons in the Middle East to four.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has increased its military presence in the Middle East by several thousand troops, sending an array of fighter jets ... including more than a dozen warships.