The United States has issued a terrifying new warning for the airspace around Venezuela as Donald Trump dispatched a B-52 nuclear bomber for an 'attack demo.'
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sent out a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) at 1.08pm ET alerting pilots, airlines, and air traffic controllers of a 'potentially hazardous situation' in and around Venezuela.
Just hours later, the Air Force announced that last night a B-52 - along with KC-135 Stratotankers and fighter jets - 'conducted a bomber attack demo' in the Southern Command area of operations set up to deter illegal drug runners from Venezuela.
The FAA notice warns of a 'worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around Venezuela.'
'Threats could pose a potential risk to aircraft at all altitudes, including during overflight, the arrival and departure phases of flight, and/or airports and aircraft on the ground,' the FAA notice states.
The warning is for the Maiquetía Flight Information Region, which includes Venezuelan airspace and parts of the southern Caribbean - such as Colombia, Guyana, Brazil, and Trinidad.
Trump on Monday refused to rule out strikes on Venezuela amid the largest build-up of American troops in the Caribbean since the Cold War.
The president is waging war against 'narco-terrorists', which the administration accuses of funneling drugs into the US on the orders of socialist tyrant Nicolas Maduro.
America has ratcheted up the pressure in recent days, saying it expects to designate a criminal gang, the Cartel de los Soles, as a terrorist organization. The White House says this cartel is led by Maduro.
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