@Arr3ch0 reported on X that Venezuelan presidential plane YV2984 is descending in Maracaibo, in a post shared between 5:16 PM and 5:46 PM UTC on December 30, 2025, at https://x.com/Arr3ch0/status/2006053888168726696. In the same 29-minute period, @sipjack1776 posted on X that two B-52H Stratofortresses, registrations 60-0002 (callsign AE586D) and 60-0022 (DOOM01, AE587B), departed Barksdale Air Force Base on a sortie in the Warrior Military Operations Area, tagging multiple aviation accounts including @Borrowed7Time and @JasonZicker, at https://x.com/sipjack1776/status/2006049567293182432. This development from @Arr3ch0 follows their earlier report in the prior reporting window of two Venezuelan BAEL early warning F-16 AMB aircraft taking off southeast in dragon formation, as noted by @InquisidorVZLA at https://x.com/InquisidorVZLA/status/2006030370190336348. U.S. Southern Command's earlier announcement on December 30 between 3:16 PM and 3:46 PM UTC stated readiness to support high seas operations under #OpSouthernSpear at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
