The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: libertybele on September 21, 2022, 10:35:41 pm
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What speech? You mean to tell me I missed one of Joe's speeches? I'm heartbroken! :silly:
US F-15 intercepts small plane entering restricted airspace in NYC around time of President Biden's UN speech
An F-15 fighter jet intercepted a small plane after it entered restricted airspace in New York City around the time that President Biden gave an address to the United Nations on Wednesday.
A North American Aerospace Defense Command F-15 fighter aircraft responded to the aircraft which wasn't in communications and located 20 nautical miles east of New York City, according to a spokesperson for NORAD.
The single-engine Cessna 172 entered the area of a temporary flight restriction at 11:40 a.m. and was escorted away from the area by the fighter jet.
A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration told Fox News Digital that the plane, a single-engine Cessna 172, took off from Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, N.Y...............
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-f-15-intercepts-small-plane-entering-restricted-airspace-nyc-around-time-president-bidens-un-speech