Marines conduct a rapid response exercise at the US Embassy in Venezuela’s capital
The drill tested rapid response and air evacuation readiness as Marines flew Ospreys over the reopened embassy, officials said.
- On Saturday, the U.S. military conducted a rapid response exercise involving Marines and Two Marine Corps Osprey aircraft over the recently reopened Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.
- The exercise follows the ouster of then-President Maduro four months ago, with the Embassy in Caracas formally reopening two months prior to the drill.
- Protesters gathered near the Embassy with a Venezuelan flag bearing the message "No to the Yankee drill," while others demonstrated elsewhere in Caracas.
- The Embassy stated on Instagram that such exercises ensure mission readiness, while Foreign Minister Gil previously stated the drill would prepare for medical or catastrophic emergencies.
- Military aircraft last flew over Caracas on Jan. 3, when elite forces rappelled from helicopters to capture Maduro and his wife.
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Two military aircraft landed in the parking lot of the United States embassy in Caracas, converted into an aeronautical track. They entered and left twice through the valley of Caracas to the hill, where the American flag remains raised since a special forces intervention captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores and the governments re-established relations.
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CARACAS.– Two U.S. helicopters flew over Caracas this Saturday as part of a “evacuation simulation” carried out at the U.S. embassy in Venezuela, almost five months after the military operation in which former President Nicolás Maduro was captured. The maneuvers in the face of “eventual medical situations or catastrophic contingency” had been announced on Thursday by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil, who said they were authorized by the gove…
In Venezuela, US Conducts Rapid Response Exercise
The US military conducted a rapid response exercise involving Marines and military aircraft in Venezuela's capital on Saturday, over four months after the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro. Two Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, which have characteristics of both a helicopter and a fixed-wing airplane, flew over the recently reopened US...
Two U.S. government military aircraft flew over Caracas this Saturday, in an action that was previously authorized by the Venezuelan government at the request of the U.S. embassy in the South American country.
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