Russian bashing. That one embarrassing Air Carrier...
The U.S. has not just Air Carriers. They have several Fleets of which the Air Carrier is the center ship on Oceans in between over 100 bases on forigne soil. Air Carriers are incredibly big surrounded and connected by both cargo and supply ships. They also stride on rather secret routes over the Oceans from larger Navy Base to larger Navy Base with some of their smaller ships and cargo planes breaking off on route to any of the smaller bases.
Air Carrier Fleets are embedded in an extremely complex and sophisticated network of U.S. bases that are more than military power, but also secure 3rd world aid too often.