Trinidad and Tobago granted approval on Monday for United States military aircraft to transit its airports in the coming weeks, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela.

A PASSENGER plane was forced to take evasive action after it nearly crashed mid-air into a US military jet. The JetBlue pilot was travelling to New York City from Curaçao, an island off the coast

The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago said Monday it had authorized US military aircraft to use its airports, amid growing fears Washington may be preparing an attack on nearby Venezuela.

The US Navy has recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea in October while flying off the USS Nimitz, the service said in a statement Tuesday.

Government has confirmed that it will permit United States military aircraft to transit local airports in the coming weeks, as part of ongoing bilateral security cooperation between the two countries.

The plane was part of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the military’s official aerial demonstration team, the social media post said.

The two aircraft—a F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, lost in separate crashes in October—were recovered from a depth of around 400 feet.

Trinidad's former Caribbean Community (Caricom) and foreign affairs minister, Dr Amery Browne, has described as 'deceptive' a statement issued by the Trinidad and Tobago government on Monday indicating that it had granted approval for United States military aircraft to transit the local airspace “in the coming weeks”.

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