A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a "midair collision" with a U.S. military aircraft that entered his flight path while the JetBlue plane was climbing after takeoff from Curaçao on Friday, according to the airline and ATC recordings. Curaçao is a Dutch Caribbean island near Venezuela. The JetBlue pilot is heard telling the air traffic controller they had to stop their climb after a U.S. Air Force air refueler entered its flight path at the same altitude “directly in front” and "within five miles" of the JetBlue plane. The pilot said the military aircraft was headed towards the Venezuelan airspace and the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location. “We almost had a midair coll

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