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FAA lifts El Paso flight restriction

CBP shot down party balloons with anti-drone tech before FAA closed El Paso airspace, sources say

The sudden closure of El Paso's airspace Wednesday came sometime after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials used an anti-drone laser that was provided by the military to shoot down objects tha...

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FAA lifts El Paso airport flight ban after drone incident

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FAA lifts El Paso flight restriction after brief airport shutdown

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Senator says El Paso airport shutdown shows coordination problem between FAA, Pentagon

Air travelers in Texas were stranded and medical evacuation flights were disrupted late on Tuesday, the FAA abruptly said it was shutting down the airport for 10 days, an unprecedented action involvin...

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El Paso 'drone' fiasco comes amid Pentagon push to beef up drone defenses

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Pentagon’s Use of High-Energy Laser Led FAA to Halt Flights Over El Paso

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Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

Representative Veronica Escobar, an El Paso Democrat, pushed back on the drone explanation given by Trump administration officials, saying at a news conference it was “not the information that we in C...

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El Paso Flights Resume After US Anti-Drone System Prompts Sudden Shutdown

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Pentagon disabled cartel drones before FAA closed El Paso airspace: Updates

FAA reopens El Paso airport after closure on Tuesday

The FAA reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport after flights were grounded for a few hours on Tuesday.

Independent Journal Review

FAA Issues Rare Deadly Force Notice Over US Airspace Citing ‘Imminent Security Threat’

For several tense hours overnight, airspace over El Paso and a wide swath of southern New Mexico went dark. The

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FAA failed to coordinate before it ‘hit the switch’: Security expert

The Federal Aviation Administration did not follow protocols for coordinating agencies before deciding to close airspace

Senators criticize FAA for failures before fatal helicopter collision

The Federal Aviation Administration faced harsh criticism from senators over a litany of failures before the January 2025 collission of a American Airlines regional jet

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FAA’s El Paso Flip-Flop Has Aviation Experts Scratching Their Heads

The FAA’s unprecedented flip-flop in closing El Paso airspace—only to reopen it hours later—is raising questions from aviation safety experts.