Pentagon Closes Airspace Over Annapolis for Obama Visit
The U.S. Northern Command has ordered the closure of airspace around Annapolis, Md. for President Barack Obama’s meeting with Democratic senators on Wednesday.
The U.S. Northern Command has ordered the closure of airspace around Annapolis, Md. for President Barack Obama’s meeting with Democratic senators on Wednesday.
Air Force and Coast Guard aircraft will fly “intercept and identification” exercises over Washington tonight as part of efforts to prevent suicide aircraft attacks or other threats to the capital, a military spokesman said.
Two Russian strategic nuclear bombers entered the U.S. air defense zone near the Pacific coast on Wednesday and were met by U.S. interceptor jets, defense officials told the Free Beacon.