All of those carriers operated in the Persian Gulf during G.H.W.Bush on the War on Terror.
Not times of peace without expected risk or opposition.
My point is that Operating in the Persian Gulf, and transiting the Persian Gulf during times of conflict is not something new and different.
Sure. And the Japs had Zeros before 1941, and they didn’t sink the Prince of Wales before then.
Not sure what it proves that our carriers have transited the Hormuz for years.
The British dreadnaughts transited the Indian Ocean and Pacific for decades, before 1941, that didn’t prove they were invincible to air attack.
Until they were sunk. My point is, sometimes these paradigm shifts in the use of sea power don’t become evident until ships are aflame and sinking.
Until then, they are thought invincible.