And now we have justification to attack cartels.

Hold onto your butts.

CanyonAg77 said:

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GPS, I would guess

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Planes fly pretty often without GPS or with scrambled GPS, I reckon whatever tech they have does more than screw up some coordinates.

Why start with a 10 day closure just to lift it a few hours later?

Well……I was planning to drive right through those zones this weekend. I will be in full pucker mode.

Maybe with all other avenues being pressured cartels are using drones to smuggle across the border. That is not going to go well for them based on how things have been handled so far.

YouBet said:

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And now we have justification to attack cartels.

Hold onto your butts.

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It's been justified. They are terrorist organizations.

Now it is all back open. Interesting

https://apnews.com/article/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-closed-1f774bdfd46f5986ff0e7003df709caa

What are the odds this is Nancy Guthrie related?

Ag13 said:

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Why start with a 10 day closure just to lift it a few hours later?

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Because this admin operates under rule of not telling anyone ****, for good reasons, when it comes to military ops.

So I'm guessing the FAA was covering their ass because they had no information.

BlackGold said:

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YouBet said:

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And now we have justification to attack cartels.

Hold onto your butts.

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It's been justified. They are terrorist organizations.

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I agree.

Catag94 said:

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What are the odds this is Nancy Guthrie related?

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Less than zero.

Booma94 said:

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Catag94 said:

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What are the odds this is Nancy Guthrie related?

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Less than zero.

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Really depressing book.

F2Aggie said:

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Now it is all back open. Interesting

https://apnews.com/article/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-closed-1f774bdfd46f5986ff0e7003df709caa

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FAA TFR map show this is true over El Paso but the one to the west is still there.

Ag13 said:

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Why start with a 10 day closure just to lift it a few hours later?

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This strikes me as an FAA vs. military spat that likely got resolved at a higher level. I suspect someone at one of these organizations is in a lot of trouble.

YouBet said:

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Because this admin operates under rule of not telling anyone ****, for good reasons, when it comes to military ops.

So I'm guessing the FAA was covering their ass because they had no information.

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Uh, the airspace of a large US city getting completely shut down is not the kind of thing that lends itself to operating in secrecy. Somebody effed up, either a mid-ranking officer who got a little over-exuberant about their super special top secret operation, or someone at the FAA who decided to show off their authoritah.

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The FAA lifted the restriction...... move on to the next pearl clutching topic......

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Does that mean we hit them from the Pacific while they were watching El Paso?

Ag87H2O said:

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I assume whatever technology we used to disable the drones might have also impacted regular air traffic.

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Yes, the AMRAAM AIM120 will also shoot down regular planes.

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SB IV said:

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We should retaliate

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Mission accomplished.

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Across the border

Several drones operated by the cartels in Mexico breached American Airspace overnight near El Paso, with electronic-warfare measures being utilized by the U.S. Army at Fort Bliss to down the drones, resulting in this morning’s Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) issued by the… pic.twitter.com/ORGAyNwah1

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 11, 2026

The accounts that post about Ukraine say they have intel on El Paso.

What kind of drones are the cartels flying and for what purpose? To gather info on CBP locations?

Live Photo from El Paso

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Booma94 said:

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Catag94 said:

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What are the odds this is Nancy Guthrie related?

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Less than zero.

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Really depressing book.

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And movie.

Coincidence this comes out right when Greenland TWO is hitting theaters?!?!

I think not!!

YokelRidesAgain said:

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YouBet said:

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Because this admin operates under rule of not telling anyone ****, for good reasons, when it comes to military ops.

So I'm guessing the FAA was covering their ass because they had no information.

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Uh, the airspace of a large US city getting completely shut down is not the kind of thing that lends itself to operating in secrecy. Somebody effed up, either a mid-ranking officer who got a little over-exuberant about their super special top secret operation, or someone at the FAA who decided to show off their authoritah.

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Logical but who knows. I wouldn't outright discount what I said though. This admin operates differently.

Catag94 said:

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What are the odds this is Nancy Guthrie related?

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0

YouBet said:

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Ag13 said:

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Why start with a 10 day closure just to lift it a few hours later?

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Because this admin operates under rule of not telling anyone ****, for good reasons, when it comes to military ops.

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Yeah, we have enough traitorous moles up there that would leak that information to the cartels or any other enemy if the admin didn't keep it close to the vest.

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AxelFoley85 said:

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I can book a non stop to ELP with no issue. Guess they missed the memo and would gladly take your money.

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They're probably guessing this won't actually last 10 days. Very easy to refund money.

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Bit a horrible way to do business (if you care about your customers)

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Looks like they made the right call.

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Live updates: Trump administration ties El Paso airspace closure to Mexican cartel drones


Updated 8:55 AM CST, February 11, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.

The FAA said in a social media post that it has lifted the temporary closure of the airspace over El Paso, saying there was no threat to commercial aviation and that all flights will resume.

A Trump administration official told The Associated Press that the airspace over El Paso was closed after Mexican cartel drones breached the airspace, but that the Defense Department took action to disable the drones.

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BMX Bandit said:

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2wealfth Man said:

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BMX Bandit said:

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AxelFoley85 said:

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I can book a non stop to ELP with no issue. Guess they missed the memo and would gladly take your money.

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They're probably guessing this won't actually last 10 days. Very easy to refund money.

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Bit a horrible way to do business (if you care about your customers)

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Looks like they made the right call.

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Yep. I'd much rather re-book a flight, than die in a crash because of a cartel drone.

Any answers about New Orleans? Why was part of their air space restricted?

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In New Orleans, a separate NOTAM was issued early Wednesday morning for five separate areas with a radius of "three nautical miles."
"No UAS operations are authorized in the areas covered by this NOTAM (except as described)," read the alert for New Orleans. "Temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons" was also the reason given for this NOTAM.

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It's still in effect:
https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail_6_2231

Or the US military shoot down a commercial flight somehow mistaking it for a cartel drone.....

I imagine we'll use this as a pretext to hit the cartels

Grab your popcorn and get ready for Dems to abandon Minnesota and start defending narco terrorists again

"Nooooo!!! Those were just innocent fishing drones! Trump is a war criminal!!"

This deal is odd, the "cartels" have been flying drones across the border for years, in prolly lots of locations. BP friends have shared videos withe me of agents shooting Mex drones down and have also relayed how they track them via the Aerostat and radar coverage.

There have been helicopters, small planes, and years back basically kamikazi crop dusters that would cross the border and drop dope or souls.

And some of that has been close to other comercial airports. This is just a weird deal to me, save for someone flying drones into and very close to the airport.

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Any answers about New Orleans? Why was part of their air space restricted?

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In New Orleans, a separate NOTAM was issued early Wednesday morning for five separate areas with a radius of "three nautical miles."
"No UAS operations are authorized in the areas covered by this NOTAM (except as described)," read the alert for New Orleans. "Temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons" was also the reason given for this NOTAM.

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It's still in effect:
https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail_6_2231

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Scroll back a couple pages. Discussed.
It's Mardi Gras related and typical

YokelRidesAgain said:

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Ag13 said:

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Why start with a 10 day closure just to lift it a few hours later?

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This strikes me as an FAA vs. military spat that likely got resolved at a higher level. I suspect someone at one of these organizations is in a lot of trouble.

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yep, this has the feel of an inter-agency communications failure

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Scroll back a couple pages. Discussed.
It's Mardi Gras related and typical

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Ah. Missed that. Gracias.