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Flying Into the Most Restricted Airspace in America

Flying into the most restricted airspace in the country isn’t something many pilots get to do. Threading through the D.C. Flight Restricted Zone under IFR felt surreal - and the adventure only got ...
Aviation Week

How To Avoid Incursions Into Protected Airspace

A D.C. Air National Guard F-16C Fighting Falcon escorts a Cessna 182 during a training exercise at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base. Credit: Senior Master Sgt. Craig Clapper An Air Force ...
Wall Street Journal

Flying a Plane Is Fun Until You Enter Restricted Airspace

Intercepts, like this one demonstrated in a Norad video, can happen a few times a week. Private pilots are often surprised to see a fighter jet come alongside them. Hobby pilot Dennis Fitzgerald’s ...
Newsweek

Russian Jets Ignored Signals When Flying Into NATO Airspace

Russian pilots ignored signals when they flew into NATO airspace on Friday, a senior Estonian military official told The Associated Press. Three MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace between 9 ...
The Hill

Russian jets fly into Estonian airspace; Prime Minister invokes NATO Article 4 consultations

Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace Friday in what the country’s top diplomat called an “unprecedented and brazen intrusion.” Estonia Prime Minister Kristen Michal later on Friday ...