Anonymous
02/12/2026 13:27
Subject: The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
At which point does Congress grow a spine and throw all these idiots to the curve, or better yet, in jail where they belong.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 13:12
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say
The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
The confusing arc of events began as the FAA announced it was shutting down all flight traffic over the city on the U.S.-Mexico border for 10 days, stranding some travelers, but the closure ended up only lasting a few hours. The Trump administration said it stemmed from the FAA and Pentagon working to halt an incursion by Mexican cartel drones, which are not uncommon along the southern border.
One of the people said the laser was deployed near Fort Bliss without coordinating with the FAA, which decided then to close the airspace to ensure commercial air safety. Others familiar with the matter said the technology was used despite a meeting scheduled for later this month between the Pentagon and the FAA to discuss the issue.
https://www.kold.com/2026/02/11/faa-closes-airspace-around-el-paso-texas-10-days-grounding-all-flights/
This has nothing to do with cartels.
You're right. It has to do with shooting down a child's party balloon.
It’s like this administration vaccinated against competency.
Apparently Sean Duffy is the only semi-adult in the room willing to actually do the right thing. Good to see at least he takes his job somewhat seriously b
Anonymous
02/12/2026 12:42
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
I would never have believed that a drug cartel had a balloon, and I know it was a party balloon.
I am just saying that the drug cartel lie is stupid. A cartel is not going to go up against an entire nation the size of the US. They would need the infrastructure of, say, an Epstein-style organization that could use threats of some kind in order to get what they want. They might try assassination, but why? That would be a lot of hard work to pull off and not worth the risk. They are getting rich just fine doing what they do now.
I am just saying that the drug cartel lie is stupid. A cartel is not going to go up against an entire nation the size of the US. They would need the infrastructure of, say, an Epstein-style organization that could use threats of some kind in order to get what they want. They might try assassination, but why? That would be a lot of hard work to pull off and not worth the risk. They are getting rich just fine doing what they do now.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 11:50
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say
The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
The confusing arc of events began as the FAA announced it was shutting down all flight traffic over the city on the U.S.-Mexico border for 10 days, stranding some travelers, but the closure ended up only lasting a few hours. The Trump administration said it stemmed from the FAA and Pentagon working to halt an incursion by Mexican cartel drones, which are not uncommon along the southern border.
One of the people said the laser was deployed near Fort Bliss without coordinating with the FAA, which decided then to close the airspace to ensure commercial air safety. Others familiar with the matter said the technology was used despite a meeting scheduled for later this month between the Pentagon and the FAA to discuss the issue.
https://www.kold.com/2026/02/11/faa-closes-airspace-around-el-paso-texas-10-days-grounding-all-flights/
This has nothing to do with cartels.
You're right. It has to do with shooting down a child's party balloon.
It’s like this administration vaccinated against competency.
Anonymous
Anonymous
02/12/2026 10:52
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say
The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
The confusing arc of events began as the FAA announced it was shutting down all flight traffic over the city on the U.S.-Mexico border for 10 days, stranding some travelers, but the closure ended up only lasting a few hours. The Trump administration said it stemmed from the FAA and Pentagon working to halt an incursion by Mexican cartel drones, which are not uncommon along the southern border.
One of the people said the laser was deployed near Fort Bliss without coordinating with the FAA, which decided then to close the airspace to ensure commercial air safety. Others familiar with the matter said the technology was used despite a meeting scheduled for later this month between the Pentagon and the FAA to discuss the issue.
https://www.kold.com/2026/02/11/faa-closes-airspace-around-el-paso-texas-10-days-grounding-all-flights/
This has nothing to do with cartels.
You're right. It has to do with shooting down a child's party balloon.
They were lucky they did not blind civilian pilots. They would have claimed Hamas or cartels did it and attacked Mexico.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 09:52
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Anonymous wrote:Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say
The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
The confusing arc of events began as the FAA announced it was shutting down all flight traffic over the city on the U.S.-Mexico border for 10 days, stranding some travelers, but the closure ended up only lasting a few hours. The Trump administration said it stemmed from the FAA and Pentagon working to halt an incursion by Mexican cartel drones, which are not uncommon along the southern border.
One of the people said the laser was deployed near Fort Bliss without coordinating with the FAA, which decided then to close the airspace to ensure commercial air safety. Others familiar with the matter said the technology was used despite a meeting scheduled for later this month between the Pentagon and the FAA to discuss the issue.
https://www.kold.com/2026/02/11/faa-closes-airspace-around-el-paso-texas-10-days-grounding-all-flights/
This has nothing to do with cartels.
You're right. It has to do with shooting down a child's party balloon.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 09:22
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say
The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive details.
The confusing arc of events began as the FAA announced it was shutting down all flight traffic over the city on the U.S.-Mexico border for 10 days, stranding some travelers, but the closure ended up only lasting a few hours. The Trump administration said it stemmed from the FAA and Pentagon working to halt an incursion by Mexican cartel drones, which are not uncommon along the southern border.
One of the people said the laser was deployed near Fort Bliss without coordinating with the FAA, which decided then to close the airspace to ensure commercial air safety. Others familiar with the matter said the technology was used despite a meeting scheduled for later this month between the Pentagon and the FAA to discuss the issue.
https://www.kold.com/2026/02/11/faa-closes-airspace-around-el-paso-texas-10-days-grounding-all-flights/
This has nothing to do with cartels.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 08:43
Subject: The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Oh and the airspace area in New Mexico is still shut down. Total incompetence, started as a miscommunication and spilled out into squabbling and public anger.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 08:41
Subject: The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Yes, the pentagon authorized the use of an experimental laser, which then hit a Mylar birthday balloon. Then the whole place was shut down. Seriously. It’s been verified.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 07:29
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Anonymous wrote:Wait. . . Is the administration’s story actually that CBP used a military weapon to shoot down a helium balloon that got loose from a child? And then the FAA shut down air traffic for 10 days?
Sounds like they’re more afraid of CBP having control of a high powered laser than birthday balloons.
A very very reasonable concern.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 07:23
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Anonymous wrote:Wait. . . Is the administration’s story actually that CBP used a military weapon to shoot down a helium balloon that got loose from a child? And then the FAA shut down air traffic for 10 days?
Well, that’s the truth. The administration’s story was that they had “neutralized” th threat of a cartel drone. Their relationship with the truth is tenuous at best.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 07:14
Subject: Re:The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Wait. . . Is the administration’s story actually that CBP used a military weapon to shoot down a helium balloon that got loose from a child? And then the FAA shut down air traffic for 10 days?
Anonymous
02/12/2026 06:13
Subject: The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, this aged well. 🙄
"Something bad.
Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine.
He just keeps being the worst of the worst."
The USA hasn’t shut an airport for 10 days since 9/11. To do it with no notice to airlines or travelers, is not normal.
I'm talking about the gross hyperbole - as usual. "Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine." I mean, do you people hear yourselves?
Shutting down an airport for 10 days over a party balloon is pretty terrible, not to mention allowing DHS to play with lasers. None of us are safe with that level of paranoia and incompetence at the helm.
Anonymous
02/12/2026 01:26
Subject: The FAA is shutting down all flights to/from the El Paso airport for 10 days
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well, this aged well. 🙄
"Something bad.
Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine.
He just keeps being the worst of the worst."
The USA hasn’t shut an airport for 10 days since 9/11. To do it with no notice to airlines or travelers, is not normal.
I'm talking about the gross hyperbole - as usual. "Something terrible beyond anything terrible we can imagine." I mean, do you people hear yourselves?
Giving DHS the tools and authority to use military weapons inside the US is pretty terrible.