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Liberal In Texas

(16,106 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:43 AM 14 hrs ago

This is weird...

All flights at El Paso airport in Texas halted for 10 days for 'security reasons,' FAA says

All flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas have been halted for “special security reasons,” the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.

“No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM,” the FAA said, using the abbreviation for Notice to Airmen. It listed the reason as “temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons.”

The restriction for the airspace over El Paso and the neighboring community of Santa Teresa, New Mexico came in at 6:30 a.m. UTC, or coordinated universal time (11:30 p.m. ET). It will end at the same time on Feb. 21.

It did not elaborate on why the restrictions had been put in place for El Paso, which borders Mexico and is the the 23rd-most populous city in the nation according to the 2020 census.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flights-el-paso-airport-texas-halted-10-days-security-reasons-faa-rcna258497


Very strange. This is like a pretty major airport. And no real good reason being given.

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This is weird... (Original Post) Liberal In Texas 14 hrs ago OP
That will irk a lot of folk PuraVidaDreamin 14 hrs ago #1
One wonders if this isn't some prelude to some military foray into Mexico. Liberal In Texas 13 hrs ago #2
My first thought, too, when I heard about this. highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #5
"CRAZY"... GiqueCee 12 hrs ago #6
You are quite correct. niyad 12 hrs ago #13
Trump has already said he wants the US military to attack drug cartels in Mexico. Lonestarblue 12 hrs ago #8
Flight trader had a strange helicopter flight(Med Flight) tracked there the other evening Historic NY 11 hrs ago #22
Nearby White Sands National Park was a missle testing facility during WW II and after nt yellowdogintexas 9 hrs ago #28
Well it turns out is was allegedly mexican cartels making deliveries with drones Historic NY 8 hrs ago #29
Planes loaded with people on their way to internment camps land yellowdogintexas 9 hrs ago #27
JFC, he can't die soon enough!! aeromanKC 12 hrs ago #3
Amen! (*cue the 'Hallelujah' chorus and chill the champagne for the blessed news....SOON!!!) n/t Moostache 10 hrs ago #26
Maybe gunfire at Rosa's Cantina. 3Hotdogs 12 hrs ago #4
That was my first thought too.... Ol Janx Spirit 11 hrs ago #15
One night a wild young cowboy came in... n/t returnee 11 hrs ago #16
I like the UFO crash retrieval theory roscoeroscoe 12 hrs ago #7
Are any DUers seeing this in the El Paso newspapers? FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #9
My US Congressman Gabe Vasquez shared this information duhneece 11 hrs ago #17
I'm suspicious. barbtries 12 hrs ago #10
Yup the demented nursing patient in the white house Farmer-Rick 12 hrs ago #14
i was thinking they're for dropping on our heads. barbtries 11 hrs ago #21
Are they buying extras just to shoot at Shady's motorcade? Ol Janx Spirit 11 hrs ago #19
Frightening implications. niyad 12 hrs ago #11
This message was self-deleted by its author niyad 12 hrs ago #12
I think it's cartel related. Melon 11 hrs ago #18
Hours later the FAA lifts the order. mnhtnbb 11 hrs ago #20
Mexican Drones! Liberal In Texas 11 hrs ago #23
One of the Pedo's handlers told the crazy king Farmer-Rick 10 hrs ago #24
That sounds like made up bullshit to me. harumph 10 hrs ago #25

GiqueCee

(3,660 posts)
6. "CRAZY"...
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:33 AM
12 hrs ago

... can be treated. EVIL cannot. In any and all dealings concerning the current illegitimate regime, assume the latter.

Lonestarblue

(13,353 posts)
8. Trump has already said he wants the US military to attack drug cartels in Mexico.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:43 AM
12 hrs ago

I doubt the President of Mexico has agreed, which means any attack is an act of war. Trump and Hegseth love attacking other countries and killing innocent civilians. I guess it makes them feel like "real" men instead of the idiots they are.

Historic NY

(39,827 posts)
22. Flight trader had a strange helicopter flight(Med Flight) tracked there the other evening
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:36 AM
11 hrs ago

from a civilian company in NM. When General Pershing lead his raids into Mexico he used Ft. Bliss. home of 1st Armour today.

Historic NY

(39,827 posts)
29. Well it turns out is was allegedly mexican cartels making deliveries with drones
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:59 PM
8 hrs ago

hey if amazon delivers they do too.

yellowdogintexas

(23,629 posts)
27. Planes loaded with people on their way to internment camps land
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 11:23 AM
9 hrs ago

then are unloaded and bussed into Juarez?

Once they are all loaded, air travel is restored.

duhneece

(4,492 posts)
17. My US Congressman Gabe Vasquez shared this information
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:14 AM
11 hrs ago

I saw a video by my Congressman announcing this and expressing concern in a serious way.
I first wondered if it was something to do with the biggest concentration camps.

barbtries

(31,234 posts)
10. I'm suspicious.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 08:48 AM
12 hrs ago

thinking the govt will be doing something, like taking delivery of these illegal weapons from Israel that krasnov bought with a no bid deal and no one knew about it until it was a done deal. Or shipping jets full of innocent people to parts unknown. Or who the fuck knows.

I don't think the US Intelligence community is working to ensure the security of the American people anymore.

https://theintercept.com/2026/02/06/pentagon-israel-cluster-munitions-weapons-sale/

The Department of Defense has quietly signed a $210 million deal to buy advanced cluster shells from one of Israel’s state-owned arms companies, marking unusually large new commitments to a class of weapons and an Israeli defense establishment both widely condemned for their indiscriminate killing of civilians.

The deal, signed in September and not previously reported, is the department’s largest contract to purchase weapons from an Israeli company in available records, according to an online federal database that covers the last 18 years. In a reversal of the more commonly seen direction for weapons transfers between the countries — in which the U.S. sends its weapons to Israel — the U.S. will pay the Israeli weapons firm Tomer over a period of three years to produce a new 155mm munition. The shells are designed to replace decades-old and often defective cluster shells that left live explosives scattered across Vietnam, Laos, Iraq, and other nations.

Farmer-Rick

(12,543 posts)
14. Yup the demented nursing patient in the white house
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:06 AM
12 hrs ago

Is going to bomb Mexico. Pedo Trump can't get it up anymore because little girls are being kept away from his greasy little fingers. The only thing that gives him a thrill anymore is killing Hispanic people.

Sone one should warn Mexico that cluster bombs are about to drop on their heads.

barbtries

(31,234 posts)
21. i was thinking they're for dropping on our heads.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:29 AM
11 hrs ago

sigh.
Going to another #MassProtest on Saturday in Raleigh. Looking forward to it.

Response to Liberal In Texas (Original post)

Melon

(1,196 posts)
18. I think it's cartel related.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:15 AM
11 hrs ago

It’s right across from Juarez. 300 miles from Nancy Guthrie kidnapping. They also closed more space near the border but north and only over dessert.

mnhtnbb

(33,225 posts)
20. Hours later the FAA lifts the order.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:20 AM
11 hrs ago
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/faa-el-paso-airport.html

The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly grounded all flights in and out of El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days starting Wednesday, citing “special security” instructions, and then lifted the order hours later.

“The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted,” the FAA said in a post on X. “There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal.”


Even more weird.

Liberal In Texas

(16,106 posts)
23. Mexican Drones!
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 10:08 AM
11 hrs ago
According to CNN, Mexican cartel drones breached US airspace, an administration official told CNN, which triggered a temporary airspace closure over El Paso.

The airspace closure was prompted by a US military operation related to drug cartels, according to two sources briefed on the matter.

"The Department of War (sic) took action to disable the drones,” the official told CNN. "The FAA and DOW have determined there is no threat to commercial travel."
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/faa-grounds-all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-until-feb-20

So they initially closed the airspace for 10 days! because they couldn't figure out how to deal with one drone?

Farmer-Rick

(12,543 posts)
24. One of the Pedo's handlers told the crazy king
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 10:49 AM
10 hrs ago

That maybe he shouldn't bomb Mexico right now. Then pointed out the destroyed East Wing and imaginary ballroom which cheered him up.

Then ICE Barbie said to the demented nursing home patient, "Look, over there, an Epstein file." And he switched to wanting to bomb DC.

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