The United States Department of Defense (DOD) and United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are monitoring with concern that one or more individuals subject to United States jurisdiction may seek to use general aviation aircraft departing from the United States to travel near or within the airspace of the Republic of Cuba, with intentions similar or with results similar to those on 24 February 1996 when two Cessna aircraft with four occupants were shot down by a MIG-29UB aircraft operated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) of the Republic of Cuba. There is no indication that the Biden-Harris Administration in Washington and the [Miguel] Diaz-Canel Administration in Havana have engaged directly or indirectly as to this concern.

Economic Eye On Cuba

U.S. Department Of Defense And Federal Aviation Administration "Monitoring With Concern" For Possible Repeat Of 1996 Aircraft Shoot Down

U.S. - Cuba Trade and Economic Council, Inc.