Venezuelan Defense Minister said the alleged presence of U.S. fighter jets was provocative and a threat to the country’s security.
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López on Oct. 2 accused the United States of provocation after five U.S. fighter jets were allegedly detected near the coastline of Venezuela.
Padrino said the country’s air defense system detected five F-35 aircraft with flight characteristics of 400 knots and flying at an altitude of around 35,000 feet near the Maiquetia region.
Padrino noted that the incident was corroborated when an international airline reported the sighting of the U.S. aircraft to a control tower in Maiquetia.
