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The Venezeelan Air F16 is participating in the Military Ceremony in the capital, Karakas, 5. March 2014 (Juan Barreto / AFP via Getti Images)
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The tensions between the United States and Venezuela launched the possibility that the United States could end up fighting military armed with American subordinate younger jets. If that eventually happens, it would not be marked for the first time that combat nozzles faced each other, because several past incidents from the Middle East, it consequently shows.
Two American dishes F-16 Firher Aletets belong to Venezuela Air Force, they officially called the Bolivar military aircraft Venezuela, flew over Arleigh Burke-Class Aegis Guide-Rocket Rocket USS Jason Dunham On Thursday. Defense Department officials Cited by EBS News noted that it was Dunham And Venezuelan F-16 were within the range of weapons to each other.
Excessions took place two days after the US Navy sank a small speed speed glider, which allegedly launch drugs from Venezuela in southern Caribbean, killing all 11 crews.
Trump Administration has ordered deployment From 10 fifth generation F-35 cemetery II Stealth hits fighters in Puerto Rico to support military accumulation in the region. President Trump warned Friday that if Venezuelan fights again prefer to American warships and “put us in a dangerous position, they will be down.” Trump also clarified that the United States did not “talk about” regime “regime against the Venecular Government of President Nicolas Maduro.
While unlikely, it cannot completely turn off the scenario in which the prime minister of American jet, they can end up shooting many older Venezuela F-16, which are 15 vintage early in the early 1980s. Although Caracas undoubtedly has only a small number of operating F-16s, the fact that someone has already hid, in what the Pentagon described as a “Silo show”, indicates that conflicts are safe safely.
As the events lasted in the Middle East demonstrated, American combat noose conflicts or faced against each other far from unseen. On the contrary, that happened several times.
After the Iranian Revolution in 1979. year, especially after the infamous seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran and the long-term crisis from Hostah, Iran left the close allied to adverse use.
The new Islamic Republic inherited a large Arsenal of modern American military hardware, including large air force equipped with F-4 phantom, F-5 tigers, and even fourth generation F-14A Tomcat Firge.
A few months after the revolution, Iranian new ruler, Ajatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, received a request In order for F-14’s to support Syria, whose Soviet, third generation MIG-21 and MIG-23s was not a match for the new fourth generation F-15 F-15 F-15 Eagle Fighters in Pasima on Lebanon. Khomeini refused a request, an explanation that Iran could not spare the aircraft as he faced the Kurdish rebellion. If he approached Ayatollah, Israel could face the Soviet Air Force, which supported one of the American premier fighters – and one armed with AIM-54 phoenix outside the visual scope of air. Israeli F-15 did not have comparable rockets in Phoenix at the time.
Of course, that didn’t happen. But conflicts between Avian aircraft that became American combat is in the region over the coming years.
5. June 1984. years in the middle of war Iran, Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s intercepted and knocked the Iranian F-4e and damaged a second who violated the Saudi Arabic airspace. The incident quickly led to a short, but intense large air working work air, and an additional F-4-ODs supported F-14, the only fighters Tehran had to suit Rijado’s Eagles and Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia and F-5.
One Retrospective account It is estimated that both sides have as many as 60 fighters in the air!
The standard did not escalate. If she had, a few fighters, they all made American, could be lost on both sides in the very minutes.
Later in the Iran-Iraq War, The US Military Would Directly Clash With The Iranian Military, Including In The Air, When It Deployed The Navy To Escort Kuwaiti-Flagged Tankers In The Persian Gulf. In A notable incident 8. August 1987. year, the US Navy F-14 Tomcat fired the medieval scope of AIM-7 sparrow rockets in Iran F-4 approaching aircraft P-3 Orion surveillance. Although American Tomcat failed to reach the Incoming Iranian phantom, it probably bite any potentially successful attack on that Orion.
(Only less than a year later, Aegis Destroyer USS Vincennes He tragically downed the Iranian civilian plane 3. July 1988. years, killing everything on board. The Vincennes wrong wrong Iran Airbus Airbus A300 to attack Iranian F-14)
These were not the latest examples of American fighters facing each other through the region.
For decades later, early 2013. year, fifth generation USAF F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter fastened directly below Iranian F-4 Close, flying close and steady enough to examine his weapons before flying next to him and signaling it “go home.” The Iranian phantom tried to intercept American MK-1 drone over the Persian Gulf
Much recently, in May 2025. years, the Turkish F-16 sent the warned signals to Israelis, while Israeli fighters, non-doubt American-made F-35s, f-15s or F-16s, performed air attacks over Syria. Both Borca is believed to operate in the Syric air space system at the time.
After that incident, Analysts would not turn off The possibility of Turkish-Israeli puppies, not unlike the repetitive Turkish Greeks on the Aegean Sea, which occur through Syria, especially if Israeli and Turkey oppose the policy in that country deviates even more.
With both countries Currently operate All-American combat fleetIncluding the second and third largest fleets F-16, the risk of American fighters who have potentially clashes or conflicted or conflicted by the Greek F-16, they made the Turkish woman in the 2006 Aegean DogFight-over Syria cannot be completely turned off.
While many above episodes are transferred for decades, they can still serve as presidential presents if there are current tensions in Caribbean Eskalit and conflicts.
