US fighter jets fly over Gulf of Venezuela as scrutiny grows

The US military flew a pair of fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday in what appears to bethe closest American warplanes have come to the South American country’s airspace since the start of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign.

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Public flight tracking websites showed a pair of US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets fly over the Gulf~ abody of water bounded by Venezuela and only about 150 miles at its widest point ~ and spend more than 30 minutes flying over water. A US defence official confirmed that a pair of jets conducted a “routine training flight” in the area.