{"id":2354754,"date":"2024-10-14T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mysterious-aircraft-repeatedly-breach-airspace-at-major-us-military-base\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:45:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T19:45:02","slug":"mysterious-aircraft-repeatedly-breach-airspace-at-major-us-military-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mysterious-aircraft-repeatedly-breach-airspace-at-major-us-military-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious Aircraft Repeatedly Breach Airspace at Major US Military Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmysterious-aircraft-repeatedly-breach-airspace-at-major-us-military-base%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2354754&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In recent months, there has been increasing\u2062 concern over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/killer-robots-the-future-of-warfare\/\" title=\"Killer Robots: The Future of Warfare\">drone swarms<\/a> appearing at various U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tensions-flare-between-china-india-after-clashes-at-himalayan-border\/\" title=\"Tensions flare between China, India after clashes at Himalayan border\">military installations<\/a>, with the most notable\u200c incidents occurring near\u2063 Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. For 17 consecutive\u200c evenings, drones \u200bflew over the base, prompting reports\u2063 from military officials,\u200d including Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, who described the\u2063 drones as\u200c large and fast-moving. Despite efforts from local police, the Navy, and the Coast Guard to track these drones, they \u2062have been unsuccessful, and\u200b their origin remains unknown. <\/p>\n<p>Gen. Glen VanHerck, then commander of U.S. \u200bNorthern Command and North\u200c American Aerospace Defense Command, noted \u2062that\u200c while drone activity near military bases has been a persistent issue, the frequency and nature of\u200b incursions \u200dat Langley were unprecedented. Following these incidents, officials expressed alarm over the implications for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-to-give-ukraine-everything-it-needs-for-as-long-as-it-takes-biden-national-security-adviser-says\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s adviser promises full support to Ukraine indefinitely.\">national\u200d security<\/a>, indicating that this was not just \u200da distant concern but a pervasive issue impacting military readiness \u2063across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, drone sightings have \u200cbeen reported near other sensitive \u2062locations, such as the Nevada National\u200c Security Site, further highlighting the ongoing challenge of identifying\u2062 and\u200d countering\u200d the threat posed \u200cby drones. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-call-for-investigation-into-amazons-alleged-bribery-of-defense-official\/\" title=\"GOP Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Amazon\u2019s Alleged Bribery of Defense Official\">senior defense official<\/a> \u200cmentioned that drone incursions, typically numbering two \u200dor\u200d three each week across the U.S.,\u2062 appear random and do not concentrate\u2063 in any specific area, complicating response efforts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Drone swarms are buzzing about sensitive American military sites, and so far no one knows who is sending them or how to stop them.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, for 17 consecutive evenings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usaf-announces-skyborg-fighting-drones-replace-older-f-16-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drones<\/a> buzzed about over Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/drones-military-pentagon-defense-331871f4?st=DroSYt&amp;reflink=desktopweb_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly witnessed one swarm and estimated the drones in question were 20 feet long and moving faster than 100 miles an hour, at an altitude of between 3,000 and 4,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p>After passing Langley, the drones headed toward Naval Station Norfolk.<\/p>\n<p>The event was reported to the Biden White House, but no response was taken, in part because the military is legally barred from downing drones near a base unless there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-kim-jong-un-now-reviewing-satellite-images-us-bases-major-target-regions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visible threat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Gen. Glen VanHerck, who at the time commanded the U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said drones were buzzing bases for years, but the Langley episode was unlike any other.<\/p>\n<p>Officials tried using police and ships from the Navy and Coast Guard to catch the drones. No luck. Then, on Dec. 23, they left and have not returned. Their origin remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t a tomorrow problem, this is a today problem,&rdquo; said Tom Karako, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not an over-there problem. It&rsquo;s an over-there, over-here and everywhere problem,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Drone swarms were spotted recently near Edwards Air Force Base in California.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, drones buzzed about the Energy Department&rsquo;s Nevada National Security Site near Las Vegas for three days.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Gen. Gregory Guillot, head of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Defense Command, said that he began a 90-day assessment when he took the job, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/air\/mysterious-drones-swarmed-langley-afb-for-weeks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War Zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As part of my 90-day assessment, &hellip; to tell the truth, the counter-UAS [uncrewed aircraft systems] mission has dominated that so far in the first month. Of course, I knew it was an issue coming from another combatant command [CENTCOM], where we faced that threat in a very different way because of the environment,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I wasn&rsquo;t prepared for the number of incursions that I see. [I&rsquo;ve] gone into the events at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, and I&rsquo;m using that as the centerpiece of my 90-day assessment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another report said drone flights <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-military-bases-placed-heightened-alert-terrorist-action-targeting-personnel-likely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">near bases<\/a> are common.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You can only report what you see, and so that&rsquo;s part of the challenge,&rdquo; a senior defense official said, according to the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airandspaceforces.com\/drone-swarms-new-threat-us-bases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air and Space Forces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I&rsquo;d say that&rsquo;s usually two or three a week, total across the U.S. And it&rsquo;s never primarily in one part of the country or another. It&rsquo;s fairly random, or it seems to be random,&rdquo; the official said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Last year, for 17 nights in a row, drones were reported flying over Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, as noted by the Wall Street Journal. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly observed one of these swarms and estimated that the drones were 20 feet long, traveling at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour at altitudes between 3,000 and 4,000 feet. After passing Langley, they moved towards Naval Station Norfolk. The Biden administration was informed about the situation but did not take action due to legal restrictions on downing drones near military bases unless there is an immediate threat.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Glen VanHerck, who was then in charge of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, mentioned that while drone activity around bases has been ongoing for years, the incident at Langley was unprecedented. Efforts to intercept the drones using police forces and Navy ships proved unsuccessful; they disappeared on December 23 without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Karako from the Center for Strategic and International Studies emphasized that this is an urgent issue affecting various locations simultaneously rather than being confined to one area. Recently reported drone sightings also occurred near Edwards Air Force Base in California and lasted three days near Nevada&#8217;s National Security Site close to Las Vegas in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Gen. Gregory Guillot stated he initiated a comprehensive assessment upon taking command of U.S Northern Command due to concerns about uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). He expressed surprise at the frequency of incursions he encountered during his evaluation focused on events like those at Joint Base Langley-Eustis.<\/p>\n<p>A senior defense official indicated that drone flights near military installations are relatively common but often go unreported unless observed directly; typically occurring two or three times weekly across various regions without a clear pattern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2354755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Langley.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42985,42987,42984,42986,37036],"class_list":["post-2354754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-airspace-breach","tag-aviation-security","tag-mysterious-aircraft","tag-unidentified-flying-objects","tag-us-military-base"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Langley.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}