"More than 150 US military aircraft participated in the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, including fighter jets, drones, bombers, and helicopters, the top US general said on Saturday. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the "audacious" mission to extract Maduro - called "Absolute Resolve" - required months of meticulous planning and rehearsal, and involved forces from across the US military."
"Caine, speaking in Florida alongside President Donald Trump and other senior administration officials, said the US intelligence agencies spent months trying to find Maduro and map out various elements and patterns of his life. There were also detailed rehearsals, including the building of a replica of Maduro's compound, an approach the US applied to the 2011 Osama bin Laden raid."
"Shortly before 11 p.m. ET on Friday night, after waiting several days for favorable weather, Trump ordered US forces to proceed with the extraction operation. Caine said that during the "darkest hours" of the night, aircraft launched from 20 different bases, on land and at sea, across the Western Hemisphere. Helicopters carrying the US apprehension teams, including law enforcement officers and special operations forces, took off and flew to Venezuela, flying around 100 feet above the water."
More than 150 US military aircraft participated in an operation named "Absolute Resolve" to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, including fighter jets, drones, bombers, and helicopters. The operation required months of meticulous planning, intelligence work to locate Maduro, and detailed rehearsals including construction of a replica of Maduro's compound. US forces launched during the darkest hours from 20 different bases across the Western Hemisphere; helicopters flew about 100 feet above the water carrying apprehension teams. Marine, Navy, and Air Force aircraft provided protection while US forces targeted Venezuelan military installations and defenses. The US plans to run Venezuela.
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