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F-35s Deploying to Caribbean Amid Growing Tensions with Venezuela


A U.S. official has confirmed to us that 10 F-35s are heading to Puerto Rico as the counter-narcotics operation aimed at Venezuela expands.

A source familiar with the Trump administration’s counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean confirmed to The War Zone that 10 F-35 Joint Strike fighters have been ordered to fly to Puerto Rico to take part in that mission. The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Sampson(DDG 102) docks at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City on September 2 and remains there, a U.S. official told The War Zone. During a trip to Fort Benning, Georgia on Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered additional justification for the deadly strike against the cartel drug boat earlier this week.

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