Regardless of what this event is, someone in the Trump administration just realized they can perform economic terrorism on cities they don't like by arbitrarily shutting down their airspace.
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El Paso + parts of New Mexico means Ft Bliss. That's where the US Army/Air Force does nearly all of their munitions training. I wonder if ICE is getting a special training course bc that's also about how long one lasts.
Eta: this is also the last stop soldiers make before forward deploying. They could have a large quantity of people they intend to deploy in the very near future. Good reason to keep eyes off the area with all the tensions in the middle east and wherever else Trump decides to go to war with this week.
There are many possibilities with this info and right now, I'm not sure which one is worst because they all are extremely awful on their own.
It's gonna turn out to be something dumb like letting Barron shoot some missiles off for his birthday
Not far from the truth. Apparently they needed to shoot down a stray balloon.. Someone should write a song about it
I'm not sure that is as harmless an option as you migh think.
I said "dumb", not "harmless"....
Closing airspace. They're getting training in surface to air missiles?
More like, closing off airspace so nobody accidently gets ICE on camera training on MRAPs and 50 Cals before they unleash them on US cities
This reads like even medevac helicopters will be grounded. Don't have a medical emergency in a rural part of the Trans-Pecos, I guess
You can apply for an exception to a TFR. Whether it would be granted quickly enough or whether Trump's FAA would be competent enough to allow it is another question.
They're going to air strike people on us soil, I guarantee it.
More Concentration camps?? Will the US have military build up to attack Cuba or Mexico from here? This fascism has to end.
Isn't the US getting ready to conduct more nuclear bomb tests? Think i read that recently.
I can't see them conducting it so close to a city, unless it's meant to be a show of force or some bullshit.
Have you seen this administration? I wouldn't be surprised if they 'tested' them in downtown Chicago.
They used to conduct them close enough to Vegas that you could see them:
Looks like it has been lifted: https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/faa-grounds-all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-until-feb-20
Duffy said the FAA and the Department of War acted swiftly to address the incident.
Anyone who says "Department of War" sounds like a simpering idiot.
Nuclear testing?
Time to let more of el chapos family cross the border?