U.S. Operation In Venezuela Shifts Defense Narrative
U.S. Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters and other assets operated from Puerto Rico and elsewhere to support the insertion of special operations troops into Venezuela.
Credit: Senior Airman Katelynn Jackson/U.S. Air Force
The U.S. military action to snatch Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from inside a heavily guarded compound marked the culmination of decades of honing airborne special operations, with implications beyond the immediate mission. Days after the nighttime raid, the U.S. boarded ships...
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