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.

  • xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    5 hours ago

    I hope one of the nations that we are bullying will defend themselves. I’d LOVE to see a US F18 go down. Shit, I’d like to see a carrier go down.

      • xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        36 minutes ago

        I know. I just want some one to figure out a way to defend themselves against us.

        • Bristlecone@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          19 minutes ago

          I also wish us (the US) bad things right now, my person. The piggish nature of America will only be seen by our ignorant civilians when they experience personal pain and suffering. We joke about how republikkkans only care when something affects them directly, but I’m starting to realize just how directly and how much of an impact it actually has to make for even that much to be true

    • Ember James@lemmy.caEnglish
      24·
      4 hours ago

      You hope to see the US enter full scale war after instigating another country into defending itself?

      That is what will happen if anyone takes a shot at those planes, hence why they weren’t shot down.

      • xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        38 minutes ago

        I am fully aware of this, and no, I don’t want to see a smaller country get crushed by the US war machine. I just want to see the US take losses at some point. I’m hopeful that some smaller power will figure out a way to actually defend themselves and to actually hurt us.

      • Insekticus@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        4 hours ago

        Then the U.S should stay the fuck out of other countries. World’s biggest military ready to be taken over by the world’s biggest fuckwit and his idiot cronies.

        The U.S. needs to be brought down a few pegs to where they belong.

        • foggenbooty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          I don’t think you really understand the situation. It’s a bully taunting. They want you to take a swing. Your reaction plays right into their hand.

          • Insekticus@aussie.zoneEnglish
            3·
            2 hours ago

            I do. So what’s your response? Lay down and let the bullying beat you until you’re dead?

            America has already broken their airspace and is randomly killing their civilians without any repercussions, and the world is just sitting idly by while it happens.

            • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
              1·
              11 minutes ago

              For now, yes. They’re trying to get OPEC to ally with them for defense.

            • xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              34 minutes ago

              I agree. At some point someone has to figure out a way to go after the US. I don’t know what that is.

    • eldoom@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      3 hours ago

      Isn’t that like almost exactly how USA got involved in the Vietnam war? They parked a ship just in provocation range then bombed the ever living hell out of the general area when they tried to defend themselves?