Video shows Venezuelan fighter jet 'aggressively shadowed' US aircraft, Pentagon says.
A Venezuelan fighter jet “aggressively shadowed” an American reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Caribbean last week, military officials said Sunday.
The Russian-made SU-30 Flanker approached the U.S. Navy EP-3 Aries II on Friday at an “unsafe distance” and in an “unprofessional manner” while the aircraft was flying in approved international airspace, the United States Southern Command said in a statement.A Venezuela SU-30 Flanker as it "aggressively shadowed" a U.S. EP-3 Aries II at an unsafe distance in international airspace over the Caribbean Sea on July 19, 2019.“The U.S.
Venezuela's Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino, said the encounter occurred after an EP-3 with radio-electronic reconnaissance capabilities and anti-submarine warfare capabilities was"intercepted" within Venezuela's Exclusive Economic Zone, according to Reuters.U.S.
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