And it’s going to be nasty, with many dead civilians.
The Pentagon is significantly bolstering airpower near Venezuela, dispatching the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to Latin America, it said in an Oct. 24 statement.
The announcement came just hours after U.S. Air Force B-1 bombers and other U.S. assets flew near the Venezuelan coast on Oct. 23. Earlier in the day on Oct. 24, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. military conducted its 10th lethal airstrike on alleged drug smugglers in the overnight hours.
Hegseth’s order to dispatch the Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, is a significant escalation of the U.S. growing military presence in the Caribbean. The carrier’s embarked combat aircraft comprise Carrier Air Wing Eight—which includes multiple F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet squadrons, a squadron of EA-18 electric warfare attack planes, and other support aircraft and helicopters. The carrier’s battlegroup also includes several Tomahawk cruise-missile carrying destroyers. The Ford was last known to be in port in Croatia and will take a number of days to transit the Atlantic.
On Oct. 23, the two B-1B Lancers, which can carry standoff cruise missiles, flew near Venezuela after taking off from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, according to U.S. officials and open-source flight tracking data.
A week earlier, three B-52H Stratofortress bombers from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base. La., joined armed Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighters, 10 of which are based in Puerto Rico, in what the U.S. military referred to as “bomber attack demonstration,” in which the planes conducted orbits off the Venezuelan coast for hours.
The B-1s used the callsigns BARB21 and BARB22 and had their transponders on, flight tracking data shows. U.S. officials also confirmed the flight. As in the previous flight of B-52s, photos of which were later published by the U.S. military, the active transponders indicated the bombers did not attempt to hide their presence. The bombers flew roughly 50 miles off the coast of Venezuela.
A U.S. Air Force RC-135 signals intelligence aircraft was also in the area at the time, according to open-source analysis of air traffic control radio transmissions. The U.S. military did not confirm the presence of an RC-135, standard practice with intelligence-gathering aircraft. But the U.S. Navy already has a publicly acknowledged surveillance plane presence in the region, with multiple P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance and maritime patrol planes operating out of Puerto Rico.
The U.S. also deployed an E-11 BACN, a communications relay aircraft, from its home base of Warner Robins, Ga., to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 23, flight tracking data shows. The E-11 returned home the same day.
“I’m not going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Trump said Oct. 23. “People that are bringing drugs into our country … we’re going to kill them.
You know, they’re going to be, like, dead.
Trump’s talk is very thuggish. Like some type of a mobster.
“The land is going to be next,” Trump added. “And we may go to the Senate; we may go to the Congress and tell them about it, but I can’t imagine they’d have any problem with it.”
Air Forces Southern, which oversees forces in the region, released photos of Airmen building a munitions armory and repairing a runway in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, where the AC-130s are known to operate.
In addition to the Marine Corps F-35Bs stationed on land, USMC AV-8 Harrier fighter jets and AH-1 attack helicopters are embarked on the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship which has been operating in the region, along with a number of destroyers and the Special Operations ship MV Ocean Trader. The Harriers and helicopters have been conducting live-fire exercises in recent weeks.
What the US really wants is regime change in Venezuela
Trinidad and Tobago, a country located less than 10 miles from Venezuela, announced that a U.S. destroyer will arrive in the country on Sunday to conduct military drills as the Trump administration escalates pressure on Caracas.
The drills will take place between October 26 and 30, with the Caribbean country noting that the development “highlights the U.S.’s commitment to regional security and cooperation in the Caribbean.”
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Sadly, my husband lost his mother- And I lost my mom2. That’s what I called her. My mom passed just about 4 years ago. I still miss my mom and I will miss mom2.
To many funerals this year… It’s been a bit overwhelming.
I’m sorry for your family’s loss!
Thank You Ms Cat 🙂