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Pedro Camacho

U.S. Fighter Jets Conduct Closest Fly-By Yet Near Venezuelan Coast

An F/A-18F Super Hornet. Two of the jets came within roughly 20 nautical miles from Venezuela’s coast on Tuesday (Credit: Creative Commons)

The U.S. military flew two Navy F/A-18 fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday, marking what appears to be the closest approach to Venezuelan territory since the Trump administration launched its regional pressure campaign against the Nicolás Maduro regime.

Public flight-tracking platforms, including Flightradar24, showed the aircraft circling within the Gulf — a narrow body of water bordered on three sides by Venezuela — for more than 30 minutes.

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