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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | October 24th, 2025: U.S. Bombers Buzz Venezuela & NATO Scrambles Over Europe
24 Oct 2025
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It's Friday, the 24th of October. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, a dramatic display of power. Two American B-1 bombers flew past Venezuela's coastline, sending yet another message, President Nicolas Maduro, as tensions in the region continue to rise.
Later in the show, Spanish fighter jets scramble after Russian aircraft once again violate NATO airspace, triggering another tense standoff in Europe's skies. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. The United States sent another message to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro this week. That's a lot of messages. Two U.S.
Air Force B-1 bombers took off from Dyess Air Base in Texas Thursday morning, heading south toward Venezuela's coastline. Their flight path was picked up by open-source trackers, they're the train spotters of the skies, and later confirmed by senior U.S. officials, even as President Trump publicly denied the mission took place.
Multiple outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, and Fox News, have since verified it. The B-1 Lancet, nicknamed the Bone, is a supersonic long-range heavy bomber designed to carry massive payloads of both conventional and nuclear weapons. It can fly intercontinental missions without refueling and can skim just above terrain to avoid radar.
These aircraft are also used for intelligence gathering and reconnaissance missions, giving them a dual purpose as both a strike and surveillance platform. But when the U.S. flies B-1s near Venezuela, it isn't about launching an attack. It's about signaling capability. These planes represent one of America's most flexible tools for power projection.
Their presence off Venezuela's coast serves as a reminder to Maduro, as if he needs one, that Washington can reach any point in the Western Hemisphere within hours and do so with overwhelming force if necessary. This latest show of force comes just a week after a similar bomber run.
As we reported then, the Air Force and Marine Corps conducted joint maneuvers using B-52 bombers and F-35 fighter jets near an island off Venezuela's coast, the same area where Maduro's forces held military exercises just back in September. The bombers circled the region before returning home in what the Pentagon later called an attack demonstration.
Together, these flights fit into a broader U.S. military buildup that we've been tracking here on the President's Daily Brief. That includes eight warships, a submarine, a P-8 maritime patrol aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper drones, two turtle doves, and an entire F-35 fighter squadron now positioned throughout the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
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Chapter 2: What message is the U.S. sending by flying bombers near Venezuela?
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In a development that underscores how Europe's eastern flank remains on edge, two Russian military aircraft reportedly penetrated Lithuanian airspace for roughly 18 seconds on Thursday, advancing about 700 meters from the neighboring Kaliningrad region before turning back.
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