Overview

• Saturday afternoon, NORAD scrambled F-16s five times to escort civilian planes that entered the Bedminster, New Jersey, no-fly zone.
• Each interception used a “headbutt” tactic to gain pilot attention before safely escorting the aircraft out of the restricted area.
• This surge of five incursions extends a pattern of TFR breaches that NORAD addressed earlier this year over Lake Tahoe and Mar-a-Lago.
• 1st Air Force posted warnings on X urging pilots to review NOTAMs 1353, 1358, 2246 and 2247 before flying near the presidential retreat.
• NORAD said none of the violations disrupted presidential security or the planned weekend schedule.