According to information published by Reuters on September 5, 2025, the United States has ordered the deployment of ten F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets to Muñiz Air National Guard Base, located near San Juan on the island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the northeastern Caribbean. The deployment, unprecedented in this theater, forms part of a widening campaign against drug cartels operating along maritime routes but also intensifies military friction with nearby Venezuela, where a recent U.S. Navy strike on a Venezuelan-flagged vessel in international waters left multiple dead and provoked a strong response from Caracas. Read full Defense Aerospace News at this link ...
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| United States F-16 fighter jets pictured during exercise Caribbean Fox at Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico, a location now central to the latest deployment of U.S. F-35 fighter jets for expanded operations in the Caribbean. (Picture source: U.S. DoD) |
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