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Two U.S. F-18 fighter jets flying in tandem entered Venezuelan airspace around noon Tuesday, circling over the Gulf of Venezuela in the latest show of force against the regime of Nicolás Maduro.

The flyover — carried out despite the Venezuelan regime’s possession of a number of Russian-made anti-aircraft batteries — took place less than 100 miles northeast of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city. Thousands of Venezuelans tracked the aircraft online through specialized tracking websites, watching as the jets traced a bow-tie-shaped pattern over the gulf.

The fighters remained inside Venezuelan airspace for at least 40 minutes at an altitude of roughly 25,000 feet before heading north and leaving the area.

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[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 46 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I am curious what was in the pilot's mind at this moment? I Know, militaires have to follow order, but here they're flying illegally over a foreign country, which has (cold War era but still) air-defence, in a non stealth plane while keeping transponder/ADS-B active.

Looks like not only illegal but also betting that Venezuela will stay calm enough to do anything about them

[–] ethnss@ttrpg.network 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A lot of US military pilots are genuine pieces of racist shit.

They all reinforce their conservative views in flight school.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

And those that aren't openly and knowingly racist are still nationalist and authoritarian, of the "might makes right" variety in particular. You don't thrive in that environment otherwise.

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