BREAKING: A source briefed by FAA tells me the El Paso flight ban was driven by military operations from Biggs Army...

[demmiblue]

BREAKING: A source briefed by FAA tells me the El Paso flight ban was driven by military operations from Biggs Army Air Field at Fort Bliss. The FAA acted after the Defense Department could not assure civilian flight safety.

More on El Paso, from CNN’s Pete Muntean

— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2026-02-11T13:32:01.493Z

[Swede]

1. Trump up to no good?

Who knows anymore?

[barbtries]

8. we know it can't be good.

it never is. he hasn't reached bottom yet.

[ananda]

22. Is there a bottom for him?

I'm not even sure he won't turn into a zombie
after death...

oh wait.

[pandr32]

25. LOL!

This made me laugh and break my somber mood.

[barbtries]

27. there is not.

i'm not sure he won't nuke us all as his last official act, because he WILL take it with him.

[2naSalit]

18. Preparing to...

Invade Mexico? They've been trying to help Cuba survive -45's aggression, maybe he and kegsbreath are upset about that. Maybe they want to start another mass distraction there since Mexico hasn't been on the list of immediate targets for a couple weeks.

Have to switch up the distractions so people don't get bored.

[KS Toronado]

28. El Paso is right on the Mexican border

[2naSalit]

31. Indeed...

Been there many times. And the Zorro Ranch is along the border too, just a little ways west of El Paso.

[haele]

30. The Cartels have been getting more active lately...

Kidnappings, murder of foreigners and extortion of foreign businesses in the poorer, remote areas, and territorial warfare.

Miller, Rubio, and Kegsbreath might be trying to pull a flex to try out their Donroe Doctrine and new "manly military lethality only" position.
Oh, and don't look for any more Epstein Files, they just aren't that important to the American people, just some rich guys messing around doing rich guy stuff.

[2naSalit]

32. Also not far from...

Southern New Mexico and a certain ranch that has come to the surface in the news the past couple days.

Just thinking thoughts here.

[3_Limes]

2. I have a feeling that when it becomes clear what rhis is about, we're not gonna like it.

-Sigh- Here we go.

(Maybe bigger distractions will be nessessary in the near future?)

[Nittersing]

3. This seems really bad. nt

[jonstl08]

4. Drug Cartela

They are going to start military operations against drug Cartels near Ciudad Juarez

[barbtries]

10. hmm

why did he pardon the biggest drug dealer?
my guess is if he goes after cartels in Mexico it will be because they haven't given him a piece of their action yet.

[jonstl08]

13. Probably right

You are probably right because Trump does nothing unless it benefits him, family or friends financially

[OldBaldy1701E]

24. I wonder why?

Have they not paid their protection money to this regime yet?

[Ritabert]

5. Attack on drug cartel coming? He needs a big distraction

....from the Epstein files.

[demmiblue]

6. FAA lifts El Paso flight restrictions, allowing flights to resume

Hours after putting in flight restrictions, the Federal Aviation Administration is now saying the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, has been lifted.

The FAA said in a statement that there is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal.

The FAA had issued temporary flight restrictions over El Paso, Texas, and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, prohibiting all flight operations there for the next 10 days for "special security reasons," according to a notice.

The notice said no flights could operate beginning early Wednesday within a 10 nautical mile radius of El Paso Airport, including from the ground up to 17,999 feet. The restrictions will remain in effect until Feb. 21, the notice said. This excludes the Mexican airspace.

https://abcnews.com/US/faa-halts-el-paso-flights-10-days-citing/story?id=130053405

[barbtries]

11. so they rescinded it?

WTF goes on with these keystone kops.

[hadEnuf]

23. It's drawing attention so they are backing off.

For now.

[Johonny]

7. Small, unpopular penis going to gush at Mexico

In the next soon to be polling as a very unpopular move.

[Ray Bruns]

9. Warning! Warning!

[AverageOldGuy]

12. Could be . . .

Well, that didn't last long -- I read about the closure about 8:30 AM EST, then, shortly after 9:00 AM EST, I read the closure was lifted.

WHY?
-- Mexico surrendered?
-- We surrendered?
-- Ghislane Maxwell was flying through El Paso on her way to freedom?
-- Trump was fleeing the country through El Paso? (Any flights direct El Paso - Saudi Arabia or Moscow?)

[AverageOldGuy]

14. GPS jamming exercise?

The military from time to time runs a GPS JAMMING EXERCISE, in which GPS signals in a small area are jammed to test reactions. Shortly after reading the item about El Paso closing, I saw something on the 'net about a GPS jamming exercise at the Army airfield at Fort Bliss, outside El Paso.

[reACTIONary]

17. Sounds plausible.

[Bev54]

15. Is the moron pounding his chest or going to invade Mexico?

[jmbar2]

16. Putting my conspiracy hat on...

Pam Blondi just made a big deal about repelling cartel drones from Mexico at the start of her hearing in Congress, which just started.

This may have been a ploy to look like a strong defender of America ahead of what could be devastating questioning in her congressional hearing.

IOW, false flag.

[AverageOldGuy]

19. Military GPS jamming

I'm a Vietnam vet, served 28 years -- 1967-1995. GPS was not introduced until late-1980's-early-1990's, so, all I ever used was map and compass.

My son was Army Special Forces, came in just as GPS was taking over. He says they often exercise with GPS jamming. They had jammers that would disrupt other GPS units, leaving theirs alone, or, they would practice with their GPS being jammed and being unusable or unreliable.

Would have been nice if the FAA has given the reason for shutting down El Paso airport.

[Attilatheblond]

20. May be related to military at border, but for a few months now, BIG military helicopters doing regular flights over me

Twice a day, usually 2 helicopters flying fairly low towards local airport used by some private, some freight, and US Army Fort near AZ/Mexico border. Flights have been morning (going southeast from airport)and just before sunset (heading northwest to the airport). Those big helicopters that are used to transport people.

Thought it might relate to work going on re the 'border wall' but the major work going on re the wall is well west of this operation, west of the Huachuca Mountains where the army fort is. It did occur to me they might be sending people east of here for some sort of staging. El Paso is not far from this area, especially 'as the bird flies'.

Yeah, I have always watched the sky and see stuff most never notice. Over the years, I have more than a couple chaps in military intel tell me I look up way too much and probably shouldn't. Makes me look even more.

[OldBaldy1701E]

26. "I have more than a couple chaps in military intel tell me I look up way too much..."

Yep, that would have made me look up right that second.

And, ask them repeatedly why I shouldn't.

[Attilatheblond]

29. No longer in contact with any of them or I would.

By playing a sorta-dumb-blond with a couple of them, innocently asking questions, I have gathered a bit of interesting information re levels of surveillance possible over the decades. One time, years ago, a really strange chap showed up where I was working (alone) and started asking weird questions about some cities in eastern Europe, during a time there was a lot of fighting, with military & UN forces involved. I can't lie for beans, but I can pull off a blank expression and looking a bit befuddled. Most men will buy the act.

[womanofthehills]

21. Punishing NM because Rep Melanie Stanberry is really going after Trump

She’s been super vocal about him and his friends in the Epstein files. We know how bad he tries to go after blue states.

[John Farmer]

33. Practicing for a raid on Mexico?

In the Reagan era we had frequent low-level flights by C-130s; sometimes at night.

I hope I got the designation right.

We thought they might be practicing for the invasion of Nicaragua; using our western NC terrain to approximate Nicaragua's. The invasion never happened. Probably because of the Iran/Contra scandal..