F-35 aircraft held in an area where there was already a powerful US military presence on the basis of increasing tensions with Venezuela
F-35 and F-16 aircraft, photo: Jakub Purzycki / AFP / Profimedia
Washington ordered the dislocation of 10 F-35 fighter jets on a Puerto Rico aerodrome for carrying out drug cartels, according to Reuters sources, increasing the power of fire for American military operations in the Caribbean Sea, which feeds Venezuela tensions.
In the south of the Caribbean Sea there was already a strong American military presence, given that US President Donald Trump has promised to campaign actions against the groups he blames for the flow of drugs entering the US.
The disclosure about the dislocation of the F-35 aircraft came a few hours after the Pentagon criticized Venezuela for an “extremely challenging” flight made by Venezuelan hunting aircraft on Thursday over a US Navy War Navy.
At the same time, he comes after the US military operation on Tuesday, in which 11 people were killed and a venezuela boat was sank. Donald Trump said the boat was carrying drugs and belonging to the Aragua train group, which the US declared a terrorist organization in February.
The US president accused his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, of being in charge of the Aragua train organization.
Operations against drug cartels
Reuters sources said about the 10 American fighter jets that they were sent to the region to carry out operations against organizations designated as “narcotrorist” operating in the south of the Caribbean. The planes should arrive in the area by the end of next week, they said.
The F-35 aircraft are extremely advanced stealth hunting aircraft and would be extremely effective in a possible fight against Venezuelan Air Force, which have the F-16.
An American official, speaking under the condition of anonymity, said that two Venezuelan F-16 aircraft flowed USS Jason Dunham on Thursday.
Dunham is one of the seven American war vessels held in the Caribbean Sea, which have over 4,500 marinations and Marini.
Marine prisoners and American sailors from the 22nd of the Marine prisoners have done an amphibious training and flight operations in southern Puerto Rico.
The accumulation of herds has put pressure on the spinal cord, which the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, described as a “narcotic state” leader.
On Monday, in a press conference in Caracas, Maduro said the US “is looking for a change of regime through military threat.”
