The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) detected and disabled hostile aircraft number 13 of the 2023 in the Pedro Camejo municipality in Apure state, for illegally enter Venezuelan airspace and violate national sovereignty. This was reported by the head of the FANB Strategic Operational Command (Ceofanb), Domingo Hernández Lárez.
Through his account on the social network Twitter, Hernández Lárez specified that the aircraft detected by the SDT and disabled he had the transponder disconnected, he was without visible identification or flight plan.
with this new aircraft 13 are unused so far in 2023, said the Chief of Ceofanb.
“In the Pedro Camejo de Apure municipality, a hostile aircraft with a disconnected transponder, without visible identification or flight plan, was detected by #SDT radars, being declared a target of interest and disabled for violating national sovereignty. It is number 13 of 2023 ”, published Hernández Lárez.
Comprehensive Airspace Defense
Hernández Lárez stressed that the operation carried out by the FANB was carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Control Law for the Integral Defense of the Venezuelan Airspace.
“According to the Control Law for the Comprehensive Defense of the Airspace of the #RBV, in an exercise of sovereignty and in response to security and defense interests, #FANB disables hostile aircraft,” the Strategic Commander published on his social networks Operation of the FANB.
FANB active in the air
The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) remains active protecting all the aquatic, terrestrial and air spaces of the country, to guarantee respect for the sovereignty of the Venezuelan territory.
By December 2022, it had shot down a total of 42 illegal aircraft for violating the Airspace Comprehensive Defense Control Law, through the Comprehensive Aerospace Defense Command.
So far in 2023, the FANB has disabled 13 illegal aircraft that have violated the airspace of the national territory.
