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.

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.

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.

A bipartisan group of key senators and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday sharply criticized provisions on military helicopter safety in an annual defense bill released this week.

The government of the Dominican Republic has authorised several United States (US) military aircraft to land in the country in the coming days as part of an operational support deployment in the Caribbean.

The government of the Dominican Republic has authorised several United States military aircraft to land in the country in the coming

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he will not allow military helicopters and commercial passenger planes to come in close proximity to each other near Reagan Washington National Airport.

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”.

A bipartisan group of key senators on Wednesday sharply criticized provisions on military helicopter safety in an annual defense bill released this week, arguing it

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.