A flurry of online reports and social media posts has set off alarms across Venezuela, claiming that a US Navy EA-18G Growler, an electronic warfare variant of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, may have neared or even entered Venezuelan airspace. The claims, fueled by intermittent flight-tracking data and dramatic images circulating under the account Rerum Novarum, remain unverified, but the timing could not be more tense.
According to Flightradar24, multiple US military aircraft, including Growlers with callsigns like GRIZZLY and standard Super Hornets (RHINO), have been operating off Venezuela’s northern coast in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Venezuela since December 12. The jets’ movements — loitering and orbiting over the water — are consistent with surveillance, electronic intelligence, or deterrence missions.
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