Today on "Literal Children Run Our Federal Government".....

Airport: Yo, DoD, you can't fly shit in commercial air space.

DoD: Fuck you.

Airport: Ok, we're pulling the plug so you don't kill a plane full of people.

DoD: Fuck, the optics are going to be awful for us. Ok, we'll stop breaking the law...just this once though.

Rumor I heard is that the military is planning to start testing some counter drone system, and in discussions with FAA, they couldn't promise that civilian flights would be safe, so FAA pulled out the big gun.

It sounds like this counter drone system would only be for use on drones that cross the river into us airspace, but I'm not sure of that.

For reference, the US has operated an Air Defense Identification Zone for a long time, that covers Mexican airspace near the border. The air force tries to identify, track, and sometimes intercept all air traffic in the ADIZ. Civilian air traffic is supposed to be on a filed flight plan, in communication with ATC, and have an assigned four digit transponder code. Failure to do so may result in interception by scrambled aircraft.

I would imagine that "cartel drones" in or around Juarez would not be doing the above. But there may also be too many of them to economically intercept with F15s.

Updated:

The Federal Aviation Administration dropped unprecedented airspace restrictions for El Paso after seven hours Wednesday morning, but not before flights were canceled at El Paso International Airport and El Pasoans were gripped by anxiety.

El Paso leaders harshly criticized the FAA for issuing the notice with no communication with local officials.

In a social media post, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the FAA and what the Trump administration calls the Department of War acted “to address a cartel drone incursion.”

This is wild. I wonder what Trump is trying to hide from view.

So many questions. Airspace still closed in New Mexico at the same level?

Regardless of what this event is, someone in the Trump administration just realized they can perform economic terrorism on cities they don't like by arbitrarily shutting down their airspace.

This reads like even medevac helicopters will be grounded. Don't have a medical emergency in a rural part of the Trans-Pecos, I guess

El Paso + parts of New Mexico means Ft Bliss. That's where the US Army/Air Force does nearly all of their munitions training. I wonder if ICE is getting a special training course bc that's also about how long one lasts.

Eta: this is also the last stop soldiers make before forward deploying. They could have a large quantity of people they intend to deploy in the very near future. Good reason to keep eyes off the area with all the tensions in the middle east and wherever else Trump decides to go to war with this week. 

Looks like it has been lifted: https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/faa-grounds-all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-until-feb-20

More Concentration camps?? Will the US have military build up to attack Cuba or Mexico from here? This fascism has to end.

They're going to air strike people on us soil, I guarantee it.

Time to let more of el chapos family cross the border?

Isn't the US getting ready to conduct more nuclear bomb tests? Think i read that recently.

Nuclear testing?

The US is going to invade Mexico.

Trump invades Mexico bc Trump-Epstein files. maga

WTF

Looks like it has been lifted: https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/faa-grounds-all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-until-feb-20

I've noticed a ton of air force helicopters around el Paso up through central NM on flightradar24. Mostly Iroquois, but also Apaches. I was watching one Apache right in that zone in NM. The Iroquois are flying super low, like 100ft agl, and also landing out in random areas(nonmilitary land).

Idk, that's just my aircraft autism. Its cool seeing all the whirly birds on flightradar but it should probably be concerning.

It's definitely not aliens...