Mario Overall

@moverall.bsky.social

IT and Software project management, aero-historian, author

Combat Dragons: The Cessna A-37B in Latin America, the first 1/48 decal set from LAAHS and Vespa Models. 18 schemes from 10 air arms, printed by Cartograf, with a 36-page history and instruction booklet. Limited to 500 sets at USD 28, coming soon. Info: decals@laahs.com

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An Enstrom 480B helicopter operated by the FANB crashed at the San Vicente sanitary landfill in Maracay, Venezuela, moments ago. The aircraft, bearing the serial number 61647 and civil registration YV3549 (C/N 5208), was one of two operational at Base Sucre. At least 1 fatality.

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The U.S. has adopted a new doctrine that treats drug traffickers linked to designated terrorist organizations as enemy combatants who can be neutralized through military strikes rather than as criminals requiring legal prosecution. americasquarterly.org/article/u-s-...

U.S. Strikes in the Caribbean Set to Challenge Maduro and Trump

The use of deadly force against Venezuelan traffickers marks the beginning of a new strategy. Will it work?

americasquarterly.org

"The emails include at least 70 alerts sent from American to Mexican authorities about drug flights in 2020 and 2021 that landed in Belize. The flights all originated at airstrips near Venezuela’s second-largest city, Maracaibo." www.occrp.org/en/news/leak...

Leaked Emails Reveal ‘Air Bridge’ of Drug Flights from Venezuela to Belize

A former U.S. official told OCCRP that drug flights from Venezuela often re-routed to Belize when traffickers became suspicious that they could be busted in Guatemala or Honduras.

occrp.org

The "Sub Marine Explorer" is one of the earliest working submersibles in existence. Built in NYC, it could dive 100 feet. Originally designed for laying mines during the Civil War, it was repurposed for oyster harvesting in Panama's Pearl Islands...

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