Twelve F-22 Raptors from the U.S. Air Force’s 1st Fighter Wing at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, participated in last night’s military operation over Venezuela, with the aircraft spotted this morning at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in eastern Puerto Rico, according to OSINT account sentdefender in a post between 8:46 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. UTC on January 3, 2026. UK MP Yvette Cooper stated the UK Foreign Office updated its travel advice to advise against all travel to Venezuela after she spoke with the Chargé in Caracas, reiterating the UK’s rejection of Nicolás Maduro’s legitimacy and calls for a peaceful power transition, per her X post in the same 29-minute window. The Foreign Office linked updated recommendations online. A Sentinel-2 L2A satellite pass over La Guaira port today showed no significant details due to cloud cover, according to SA_Defensa’s photo post during this period. Sentdefender also thanked multiple OSINT accounts for coverage of Caribbean military buildup leading to the Venezuela operation. These developments follow U.S. service members suffering non-life-threatening injuries in the Caracas-area raid capturing Maduro, as two U.S. officials told CBS News earlier this evening, and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez’s demand for his release in a national speech ending at 8:15 p.m. UTC, per prior Associated Press reports.
