MH/AH-6M Little Bird and MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters belonging to the US Air Force's 160th Special Operations Regiment were spotted several miles off the Venezuelan coast. The aircraft were conducting special forces insertion training, raising concerns in the region.

According to military sources, the helicopters were operating in tandem with a US Navy forward operating base, previously spotted in the Caribbean Sea. The incident occurred in Trinidad and Tobago, near Venezuelan territory, amid rising tensions between Washington and Caracas.