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Residents of Caracas reported bursts that rattled their windows, drove families to hide under furniture, and sent others into the streets to film the plumes of smoke and low-flying U.S. aircraft over the capital. They logged on to VPNs to access YouTube and X, which are blocked in Venezuela, to piece together which sites had been hit and trade rumors about U.S. soldiers in the streets.
Mateo Giraldo, a taxi driver, was driving a couple miles away from the La Carlota air base in Caracas when he heard the explosions. "The car leaped off the ground from the shock wave," he said. "I thought I would die."
The U.S. sent overwhelming air power for the operation: F-18, F-22, and F-35 jet fighters, EA-18 Growler electronic warfare planes, E-2 Hawkeye command-and-control aircraft and B-1 bombers that can carry 24 cruise missiles each, as well as remotely piloted drones. They were tasked with "dismantling and disabling" Venezuela's air-defense systems, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine told reporters Saturday, "to ensure the safe passage of the helicopters into the target area.."