The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN78) and its strike group transited the Strait of Gibraltar heading west this morning, November 4th, 2025, between 10:45 AM and 11:15 AM UTC. The movement was observed by air and naval intelligence, with an accompanying P-8A Poseidon aircraft monitoring the fleet's passage through the strategic waterway. The U.S. Navy confirmed the carrier's presence in the Atlantic Ocean. An alert from Twitter user @Gibdan1, shared between 10:45 AM and 11:15 AM UTC on November 4th, 2025, noted the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN78) Carrier Battle Group (CBG) heading west through the Strait of Gibraltar. This transit places the carrier group in a key maritime passage connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Previous reports from earlier today, November 4th, 2025, indicated that the United States was investigating an alleged plot by Iran to assassinate President Donald Trump, with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro implicated. However, no direct connection between the naval transit and the alleged assassination plot has been established in the provided sources.
