Four F-35B fighter jets departed Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (KNYL) in the United States at approximately 2:17 PM UTC on September 13th, 2025, en route to Roosevelt Roads (NRR/TJRV) in Puerto Rico. The flight is supported by two KC-130J Super Hercules tankers, GOLD61 and GOLD62. An Air Force KC-135T Stratotanker, 58-0094, was reported assisting GOLD62 with the transport of these four F-35 Lightning II aircraft, which were previously described as missing to complete a total of ten. Six F-35s were already in Tampa, and it remains to be seen if the aircraft will proceed directly to the Caribbean. The military movement was reported by LatAmMilMVMTs on X (formerly Twitter) during the current reporting window. The specific purpose of the deployment to Roosevelt Roads was not immediately disclosed in the report. This activity occurs amidst ongoing political discourse from Venezuela, where opposition leader MarĂa Corina Machado vowed on September 13th to aid Cuba and Nicaragua upon liberating Venezuela, denouncing their regimes as "criminals and narcoterroristas." This statement was also shared via X by UHN_Plus during the reporting period. Previously, on September 13th between 12:32 PM and 1:32 PM UTC, Venezuelan official Diosdado Cabello accused opponents Nicolás RodrĂguez and Delcy RodrĂguez of negotiating in Washington D.C. to betray President Nicolás Maduro, according to a post by Emma Rincon.
