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FAA Closes Airspace Around El Paso Airport for ‘Special Security Reasons,’ Grinding All Flights to a Halt
The FAA has announced it will close the airspace around El Paso International Airport for 10 days, a rare move that hasn’t been imposed since the September 11 terror attacks.

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El Paso airspace shut down for special security reasons after surprise Pentagon counter-drone plan
FAA issues 10 day flight restrictions in Texas: "special security reasons"
Border Protection’s Use of Pentagon Laser Led FAA to Halt Flights Over El Paso
Customs and Border Protection used a high-energy laser from the Pentagon earlier this week in the vicinity of El Paso, Texas, prompting concerns within the FAA and leading it to temporarily shut down ...

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Party balloon or cartel drones? Closure of El Paso airspace causes 'chaos'
Trump administration ties El Paso airspace closure to Mexican cartel drones
US closed airspace over El Paso due to military laser, source says
Veronica Escobar, who represents El Paso in the US House of Representatives, posted on X on Wednesday evening that the airspace closure was “the result of incompetence at the highest levels of the adm...

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The Latest: FAA lifts temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas
US reopens airspace over Texas border town after 'cartel drone incursion'