FAA Lifts 10-Day El Paso Airspace Closure Hours After Announcement

Lawmakers demand answers after unprecedented FAA flight restrictions disrupt El Paso region

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar of El Paso and three members of the New Mexico congressional delegation are asking the Trump administration for a classified briefing on this week’s airspace restrictions that they say “created widespread fear, uncertainty and chaos in the region while disrupting commercial, medical, private, and military aviation activities.” The letter was sent Thursday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Homeland Security Secretary K…

Sudden El Paso Flight Restriction Raises Questions About U.S. Aerial Threat Detection

Welcome to this edition of The Intelligence Brief… This week, a sudden FAA airspace restriction over El Paso, Texas—initially tied to a suspected cartel drone incursion—was lifted within hours after officials determined the object may have been a party balloon, raising new concerns about detection systems and interagency coordination. In our analysis, we’ll be looking at 1) how the NOTAM designation of “National Defense Airspace” halted commerci…

Confusion surrounds sudden El Paso airspace closure

Confusion is mounting over why the Federal Aviation Administration ordered — and then rescinded — a 10-day closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas. An administration official told Semafor that “Mexican cartel drones breached US airspace” and that the Pentagon “took action to disable the drones,” before determining (with the FAA) that the airspace was safe. But subsequent reporting by CNN suggests that the airspace closure came after the Pentagon…

Why was El Paso airspace shut down? Drones, security fears and confusion

The FAA initially announced a 10-day airspace closure but removed the restriction less than eight hours later.

El Paso Airport Shut Down Over Mexican Drones? Threat Neutralized ⋆ Conservative Firing Line

The following article, El Paso Airport Shut Down Over Mexican Drones? Threat Neutralized, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. On February 11 it was reported that Mexican cartel drones breached the border near El Paso, causing the FAA to shut down the airport. The Department of War used electronic warfare to shut down the drones. The DOW referred to the action as ‘neutralizing the threat.’ It is unclear at this time whether the drone…