How You Know It’s A Clusterfuck

Rep. Tony Gonzales on the FAA closing the El Paso airspace: "I've seen everything under the sun occur under the last administration, and under President Trump we are trying to clean up and fix a lot of that" pic.twitter.com/pI4Z5EqvGt

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 11, 2026

Sure, buddy.

Closing airspace over a major U.S. city for an extended period due to security concerns hasn’t happened since the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. — El Paso Matters https://t.co/zLIwILe31E

— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) February 11, 2026

El Paso, a city of nearly 1 million, has had its airspace shut down to all flights for the next 10 days.

Local leadership says they were not warned in advance. https://t.co/RDUDEYOS6l pic.twitter.com/204pr5HQMg

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 11, 2026

🚨🇺🇸 El Paso airport shut down for 10 days. Nobody was warned. Not even the military.

FAA says it's GPS jamming exercises covering 600 miles of Texas.

City council scrambling. Army scrambling. Even military flights don't know if they're grounded.

Source: @thenewarea51,… pic.twitter.com/9X4OJhmSHT

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 11, 2026

Y'all...This El Paso TFR is on the high-end of exceptional.

A 10-day, no-exceptions TFR at a large regional airport?

As a pilot, you see short TFRs all the time: POTUS/VIP movement, space launches, wildfires, military operations, etc. but those are generally a few hours.… pic.twitter.com/iln0NPlQeX

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 11, 2026

Y'all...This El Paso TFR is on the high-end of exceptional.

A 10-day, no-exceptions TFR at a large regional airport?

As a pilot, you see short TFRs all the time: POTUS/VIP movement, space launches, wildfires, military operations, etc. but those are generally a few hours.

I've never once seen anything like this. No commercial, no air cargo, no medevac, no general aviation...striking.

Today’s Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next ten days over El Paso is reportedly due to counter-drone operations by the U.S. Armed Forces targeting the cartels in Mexico, utilizing experimental technologies from Biggs… pic.twitter.com/mcPSKiGGSP

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 11, 2026

Today’s Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next ten days over El Paso is reportedly due to counter-drone operations by the U.S. Armed Forces targeting the cartels in Mexico, utilizing experimental technologies from Biggs Army Airfield at Fort Bliss, with the Defense Department telling the FAA that they could not assure “civilian flight safety” over El Paso and parts of New Mexico, sources briefed on the situation have told CNN.

But sure, let’s blame Biden.

So whoever decided the 10 day timeline to take down some drones are either incompetent or planned something major.

— OSINTranger (@intelranger) February 11, 2026

By swiftly, you mean ~3 hours later?

So these drones were detected and just loitered for 3 hours waiting for DoD to respond?

If the threat is over, why is the TFR that was published with the same parameters as the one over El Paso still active? pic.twitter.com/4oKYNUYRYV

— TheIntelFrog (@TheIntelFrog) February 11, 2026

Bondi: "The news is reporting that cartel drones are being shot down by our military. That's what we all should care about right now: protecting America." pic.twitter.com/N0lIxY3Wjo

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 11, 2026

Oh, pull the other one, it’s got bells on it.And America needs protection from the incompetents in the federal government.