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US military used aircraft disguised as civilian plane

US military used aircraft disguised as civilian plane in first attack on alleged drug boat: report

The U.S. military used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane to carry out its first strike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean last September, the latest potential violatio...

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NYT says US ‘civilian plane’ targeted boat off Venezuela. Which aircraft was it?

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U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

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Pentagon 'used top-secret disguised plane' to attack drug boat... but its appearance means America may have committed a 'war crime', retired major general claims

The first deadly US strike on an alleged narcoterrorist boat in the Caribbean was reportedly launched by military plane disguised as a civilian air craft in what one expert labeled a 'war crime .'

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Disguised U.S. Military Plane Attack on Suspected Drug Boat Violates International Law

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Military plane part of secretive, classified fleet used in first Caribbean boat strike

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More than 150 fighters, bombers and other aircraft took part in Venezuela strike

The force of Navy, Air Force and Marine F-22s, F/A-18s, F-35s and drones struck several sites in Caracas as the Army captured Nicolás Maduro.

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EA-18Gs helped disable Venezuelan air defences during US attack

The only US military aerial electronic attack (EA) platforms, the US Navy (USN) EA-18G Growlers, were part of the force that paved the way for the 3 January US attack

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US Navy sent Boeing Growler aircraft on electronic warfare mission against Venezuela air defence systems: Report

G Growler aircraft were sent alongside F-22s, F-35s, F-18 jet fighters and B-1 bombers so that electronic warfare could be used to overwhelm Venezuela's air defence and radar mechanisms