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Unauthorized Civilian Aircraft Detected Over President Trump’s New Jersey Golf Club, Fighter Jets Scrambled
100 Percent Fed Up ^ | August 04, 2025 | Danielle

Posted on 08/04/2025 11:42:16 AM PDT by Red Badger

U.S. fighter jets scrambled to intercept unauthorized civilian aircraft detected over Trump’s Bedminster golf club in New Jersey while a temporary flight restriction (TFR) zone was in place.

The civilian aircraft entered the restricted airspace at approximately 12:50 p.m. ET on Sunday.

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) used flares to get the pilot’s attention.

According to reports, this wasn’t the first intercept and multiple incursions occurred over the weekend.

Newsweek has more:

The interception on Sunday afternoon was the second in the restriction zone that day, and the fifth of that weekend.

NORAD stressed that the flares they used, which may have been spotted by some members of the public, “are employed with the highest regard for the safety of the intercepted aircraft and people on the ground.”

“Flares burn out quickly and completely and there is no danger to the people on the ground when dispensed,” the organization said.

It also warned pilots to check fly zone updates before taking off. “General aviation pilots are reminded to verify all Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs) and Fly Informed before every flight,” it said.

Trump spent the weekend at Bedminster and returned to the White House late on Sunday night, according to MSN.

“Over the weekend, a total of seven general aviation aircraft violated Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) airspace over Bedminster, New Jersey. In addition to three unauthorized incursions yesterday, there were four violations today, including one requiring an intercept by North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) fighter aircraft,” NORAD said in a statement.

“General aviation pilots are reminded that TFR procedures are mandatory and to verify all Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs) and Fly Informed before every flight; in the instance of the Bedminster, New Jersey region, specifically FAA NOTAMs 9839, 9840, 9841 and 9842,” it added.

CBS News provided further details:

NORAD, which noted previously that 11 aircraft violated the same airspace over July 4 weekend, urged pilots to pay attention to Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs) issued by the FAA.

“Ignorance is not a defense,” NORAD warned before the weekend when announcing the airspace restrictions.

The command routinely issues temporary flight restriction (TFR) zones for Mr. Trump’s Bedminster retreat as well as his property at Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Air Force fighter jets have also intercepted civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace over Mr. Trump’s Florida home this year, after the president took office on Jan. 20.


TOPICS: Government; History; Military/Veterans; UFO's
KEYWORDS: aircraft; aviation; newjersey; norad; trumpsecurity
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To: Red Badger

If, God forbid, there is another attempt on Trump, the NOTAM may need to include a paragraph on Deadly Force Authorized inside a certain radius.


21 posted on 08/04/2025 1:24:12 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: Freee-dame

“Is there a penalty for flying into restricted airspace?”

Possible fines and losing license. Depends on circumstances.

“I would think that anyone who has a small plane near Bedminster knows that Trump lives there even through he is not there all the time.”

TEMPORARY Flight Restriction.

What is legal one day may be illegal the next.


22 posted on 08/04/2025 1:29:52 PM PDT by TexasGator (/There is no Sharknado system)
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To: Red Badger
Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs)

I see the woke haven't yet gotten to that one...

23 posted on 08/04/2025 1:32:10 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: Red Badger

Charge the GA pilots the cost to deploy the fighter jets like rescue choppers and I’ll bet way more start watching for TFRs prior to their joyrides. No excuse for that. Bedminster, NJ and Sterling, VA should be well known to pilots by now. Allentown, PA was there as well the same day if they bothered to easily look up the published TFRs.


24 posted on 08/04/2025 1:32:43 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: TexasGator

Thanks for the info. If Trump was there almost all the time, private pilots would know to avoid that airspace. Since Trump is only there once in a while, it seems to me all the more reason to check before taking off.

I guess it’s possible that the status of the airspace could be changed after a private pilot takes off. If that happened, then it would not be his fault.


25 posted on 08/04/2025 1:43:41 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Red Badger

They need to shoot one or two down and the flights would stop very quickly and there would be no repeat offenders.


26 posted on 08/04/2025 1:46:22 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: Red Badger
TFRs during campaigns are a real pain! Candidate says "Hey let's drop in there" and a TFR rapidly appears. Even the FAA is slow to update. Glad I am near watching rather than flying these days!
27 posted on 08/04/2025 1:47:19 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom line")
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To: TexasGator

Maybe one “shoot down” would cure the problem?


28 posted on 08/04/2025 2:06:07 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: logi_cal869
I see the woke haven't yet gotten to that one...

Oh, they did. It was changed to "Notices to Air Missions". The Trump administration changed it back.

29 posted on 08/04/2025 2:11:25 PM PDT by Plexi
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To: vaskypilot

I can speak to that. I used to know some amateur pilots who got up only a few times per year and often flew around the same areas. A pilot in that situation not looking to see if a TFR is in place might be like a car driver who lives near the end of a dead end street not looking for other cars when leaving the driveway.


30 posted on 08/04/2025 2:52:07 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Plexi

But of course they did. /s


31 posted on 08/04/2025 3:01:39 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: Tell It Right

Good analogy. Most of these instances are just an innocent pilot making an error, nothing nefarious.


32 posted on 08/04/2025 3:58:39 PM PDT by vaskypilot
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To: vaskypilot

Most of these instances are just an innocent pilot making an error, nothing nefarious.


Let’s try another angle. You know the Deep State would do anything to rid themselves of President Trump. They would work any angle they could.

So why wouldn’t they do a few probing, seemingly innocent flights into the airspace in Bedminster?

When you have an enemy, you probe their defenses.


33 posted on 08/04/2025 4:11:28 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: z3n
Are there warning systems on small craft that warn when you are flying over restricted airspace?

Yes. Two F-16s cross in front of you.

34 posted on 08/04/2025 4:47:41 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: RetiredTexasVet

That’s an excellent idea! We should murder some hapless pilot who screwed up as he’s flying his Cessna 150. That really made the Cubans day to act that way. It’s not really an American value.


35 posted on 08/04/2025 5:06:05 PM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: DesertRhino

A hapless pilot ... with a pilot license.


36 posted on 08/04/2025 6:18:52 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Trump has arrived and it is awesome to have a real President.)
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To: logi_cal869

Notice to Airpeople (NOTAPs)............Unless they crash........


37 posted on 08/05/2025 5:21:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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