Why clear airspace if it was just a RV bomb? It wasn't. Look at FAA alert history for no fly. It isnt very long.
Our embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets. Three rockets failed to launch. Guess where they were from: IRAN. Now we hear chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq... pic.twitter.com/0OCL6IFp5M— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 23, 2020
Because of what is going on on the ground. Not to protect airmen, to keep them out.