3 days ago - The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter.

2 days ago - The New York Times report said it was unclear what kind of aircraft was used, or how exactly it was disguised, but noted that the US military had modified civilian aircraft, such as Boeing 737s and Cessna turboprops, which have internal weapons ...

2 days ago - The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, a move that appears to be at odds with the Pentagon's manual on the laws of war.

2 days ago - The aircraft used in the US ... Congressional briefings, was painted as a civilian aircraft and was part of a closely guarded classified program, sources familiar with the program told CNN....

3 days ago - 7. The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials ...

2 days ago - The Trump administration’s first deadly strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat, in early September, was conducted by a secretive military aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane, multiple officials confirmed to The Washington Post on Monday.

3 days ago - A U.S. military plane disguised as a civilian aircraft carried out the first strike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean last year, officials told The New York Times (Getty) The September 2 strike at issue, which killed 11 people, ...

2 days ago - Officials briefed on the operation said the plane was low enough for people on the boat to see it, and the boat turned back toward Venezuela after spotting it. Eleven people were killed, including two who survived the initial attack and died in a follow-up strike. Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon press secretary, told the outlet that the U.S. military utilizes a "wide array of standard and nonstandard aircraft depending on mission requirements" and go through rigorous screenings to "ensure compliance with domestic law, department policies and regulations, and applicable international standards, including the law of armed conflict."

2 days ago - The New York Times was first to report yesterday on the use of the civilian-looking aircraft, which it also described as a “secret” capability, in the strike on the boat in the Caribbean Sea on September 2, 2025, citing anonymous sources.

2 days ago - The outlet, citing officials briefed on the matter, reported on Monday that the Pentagon used an aircraft that appeared to be a civilian plane, with its munitions out of view, when it attacked a boat in September.

1 day ago - The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft.

1 day ago - The U.S. used an aircraft painted like a civilian plane in the attack on an alleged drug-smuggling boat from Venezuela that killed 11 people in September, multiple officials confirmed to CBS News.

2 days ago - The first strike of Operation Southern Spear was announced by Washington on September 2, 2025, after a US naval vessel destroyed a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean. A newly published New York Times report is now drawing attention ...

2 days ago - The plane used by the U.S. military to strike a boat accused of smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, a move that appears to be at odds with the Pentagon’s manual on the laws of war.