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All flights at El Paso airport in Texas halted for 10 days for 'security reasons,' FAA says
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Posted on 02/11/2026 4:21:20 AM PST by janetjanet998

All flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas have been halted for “special security reasons,” the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.

content. arrow “No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM,” the FAA said, using the abbreviation for Notice to Airmen. It listed the reason as “temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; bizarre; distractfromepstein; elp; elpaso; faa; notam; texas; wagthedog

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1 posted on 02/11/2026 4:21:20 AM PST by janetjanet998
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I saw the alert but can’t figure the reason. It is a big deal.


2 posted on 02/11/2026 4:31:01 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: janetjanet998
Previous thread (with no further information):

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4366380/posts

3 posted on 02/11/2026 4:34:27 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: devane617

Possible MANPAD’s loose in Mexico


4 posted on 02/11/2026 4:35:59 AM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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“I saw the alert but can’t figure the reason. It is a big deal.”

I’ve seen very little in the news, but it would not surprise me if Trump were going for a full court press against the cartels. The news on this would be kept low key so as not to embarrass the Mexican president. One thing that would probably cause this alert would be if intelligence had picked up information that short range anti-air missiles had been imported into Mexico.

Those missiles could be sourced from Cuba, China or Iran. Each of the aforementioned maintain significant intelligence efforts in South and Central America and those operations are essentially self-financing quasi government cartels.

In addition, many countries maintain a supply of weapons from a variety of states so they can be used in operations and provide plausible deniability.


5 posted on 02/11/2026 4:41:55 AM PST by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry. )
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To: AppyPappy

Did the ATFE loose track of it during a OP?


6 posted on 02/11/2026 4:43:42 AM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Gen.Blather

I can’t stop thinking IRAN is at the bottom of this one way or another.


7 posted on 02/11/2026 4:44:31 AM PST by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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Important context: the El Paso TFR is not like the 9/11 nationwide airspace shutdown. DC & NY restrictions were created later. A ban on all flights over a U.S. city—including medevac and police helicopters—has no modern precedent
https://x.com/petemuntean/status/2021555477985808550


8 posted on 02/11/2026 4:48:04 AM PST by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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To: Gen.Blather

I have a Granddaughter stationed at Bliss so I hope they gather this up conclusively.


9 posted on 02/11/2026 4:50:37 AM PST by KC Burke
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My normally good sources are all over the place on this one. So far we have...

Downed experimental aircraft in the area

Downed unknown aircraft in the area

Intel pointing to cartel launching an offensive

Preparing for massive strikes against the cartels

Security exercise

No one knows anything for certain, it seems.

Stay tuned.


10 posted on 02/11/2026 4:51:28 AM PST by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: janetjanet998

Strange.


11 posted on 02/11/2026 4:53:27 AM PST by McGruff
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To: AppyPappy

Stolen from Ukrane?


12 posted on 02/11/2026 5:04:05 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (‘Never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals’)
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To: janetjanet998

Crashed UFO.
Recovery operation underway.

Or it could be something else...


13 posted on 02/11/2026 5:05:01 AM PST by Doctor Congo
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To: KC Burke

I have a buddy who is a higher ranked Army officer at Bliss. He said this caught them flat footed with no warning so happened it’s something real and not a test of any kind.

If she’s a zoomie, see if they have any different take.


14 posted on 02/11/2026 5:06:16 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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This area is mainly th city or suburbs. If it was a downed craft it would be all over the news.


15 posted on 02/11/2026 5:07:17 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: janetjanet998

This is odd. Very odd.


16 posted on 02/11/2026 5:07:49 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Crusher138

Alien craft landing? LOL


17 posted on 02/11/2026 5:09:05 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: TheThirdRuffian

It would be all over YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, you mean.


18 posted on 02/11/2026 5:09:35 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: janetjanet998

map here:

https://elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/unexplained-faa-order-shuts-down-el-paso-southern-new-mexico-airspace-for-10-days/


19 posted on 02/11/2026 5:10:21 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: devane617

Ramadan begins next week. Would we attack during Ramadan?


20 posted on 02/11/2026 5:11:28 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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