Two U.S. fighter jets conducted a 30-minute training flight over waters north of Venezuela, marking increased military activity in the region.

The U.S. military has flown a pair of fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela in what appears to be the closest American warplanes have come to the South American country’s airspace since the start of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign.

One of the planes was accidentally shot down by the cruiser USS Gettysburg, which also fired on another Super Hornet.

High speed can make stealth fighter jets like the F-117 more visible to radar due to the plane's unstable aerodynamics and higher engine heat.

The plane appeared to lose control and dive directly toward the ground just before crashing inside the grounds of the airfield.

A critical system failed as a Super Hornet fighter jet was landing on USS Harry S. Truman. The jet slid off the deck into the Red Sea.

Military officials say a fighter jet with the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration squadron has crashed in the Southern California desert

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