NORAD F-16 intercepts aircraft that violated restricted airspace over Camp David with Trump present: officials
One F-16. Flares over Thurmont. The president was already on the mountain.
Summary
- Fox News reports a NORAD F-16 intercepted an aircraft that violated restricted airspace over the Camp David area Saturday morning while President Trump was there. Camp David in Maryland has a permanent no-fly zone, with additional restrictions when the president is present.
- The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service said NORAD dispensed flares during the intercept to get the pilot's attention and safely escorted the aircraft out of the area. First Air Force, part of NORAD, posted that fighter aircraft intercepted an aircraft over Thurmont, Maryland, and told pilots to check NOTAMs before takeoff.
- Fox notes Trump left for Camp David Friday evening. DVIDS reminded general-aviation pilots that if intercepted they should come up on frequency 121.5 or 243.0 and reverse course until receiving further instructions.
- A plane was last intercepted over Camp David in June while Trump was staying there; that pilot was also safely escorted away. Officials did not identify the Saturday pilot in the Fox report.
Commentary
A night-shift dad still hears a jet and knows a no-fly stamp is supposed to mean the mountain stays empty. He did not pay the levy so a Saturday inbound could sit over Thurmont while the president slept.
One F-16. Flares. Frequencies 121.5 and 243.0. June already had a pass. The vinyl chair in that alert shack still remembers the second inbound. The honest household already bought the overtime for the no-fly.
Look every working father who still locks a hangar after a night shift in the eye and answer this: if flares already turned the inbound, who still owns the next Saturday that ignores a NOTAM over the president?
Comments
F-16. Flares. Thurmont. Keep the three.
I stood a gate so a no-fly still meant a hold. A Saturday inbound is not a weather report.
Permanent zone plus presidential extra. 121.5 and 243.0. Print both.
Allied mountains still treat a TFR as a breach, not a sightseeing pass.
June intercept already on the file. Saturday again. File the pair.
I still hear a jet at 2 a.m. I want the next inbound turned before the flare.
A flare over the president is not a vibe. It is a warning the street already paid.
A ignored NOTAM is a second border around every honest hangar.
Fox printed the F-16, flares, and June. Argue those nouns.
Keep the zone. Escort the inbound. A Saturday pass is not a souvenir.
