The operation involved more than 150 military aircraft, including fighter jets, helicopters, drones, and bomber planes.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented a ban on US aircraft in Venezuela following reports of military strikes on the country's capital, Caracas. The FAA issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) barring any US-registered planes from flying in Venezuelan airspace, starting 06:00 UTC on January 3, 2026.

Although the US Navy has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in active service, only around half are deployed at any given time—with the rest in port or undergoing maintenance.

Codenamed “Absolute Resolve,” the operation was designed not as a conventional act of war but as a high-value extraction mission, US officials said — drawing on decades of American counterterrorism experience rather than traditional state-to-state combat doctrine.

US Air Force and Navy fighter jets and military helicopters line up on the runway for an elephant walk on Kadena Air Base.U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tylir Meyer A 53-aircraft exercise put US military airpower on display in Japan earlier this week.

The US military has moved a large number of special-operations aircraft, troops and equipment into the Caribbean as President Trump openly considers military action to oust Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, according to a new report.

Satellite images of the Al Udeid US military base in Qatar on June 5 (L) and June 19 (R), 2025 — Handout Dozens of US military aircraft are no longer on the tarmac at a major US base in Qatar, satellite images show -- a possible move to shield them from ...

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Two navy aircraft from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier crashed just 30 minutes apart into the South China sea over the weekend – but all five crew members from both craft were mercifully rescued without harm. A MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter flying from the ...

Military aircraft come in all shapes and sizes, but these days nearly all of them have one thing in common: they are painted grey. Boring, monotonous grey. But military aviation has a colorful history: from the invasion stripes and red tails of World War ...