Fighter Jets Protect Trump During Nj Weekend Stay As 11 Aircraft Violate Restricted Airspace

Fighter jets intercepted astatine slightest 3 craft connected Sunday, which violated impermanent formation regularisation (TFR) airspace complete Bedminster, New Jersey, wherever President Trump was spending nan vacation weekend, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

With 1 craft being intercepted successful nan morning, and 2 others being intercepted later successful nan day, NORAD said location were a full of 11 unauthorized craft incursions successful nan TFR airspace complete nan weekend.

At astir 10:30 a.m. connected Sunday, a civilian level violated nan TFR and was safely escorted retired of nan area by a NORAD aircraft.

"NORAD and nan [Federal Aviation Administration] purpose to support nan skies complete America safe, pinch adjacent attraction paid to areas with Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) to guarantee formation safety, nationalist security, and nan information of nan President," Gen. Gregory Guillot, Commander, NORAD and US Northern Command said. "TFR procedures are mandatory, and nan excessive number of TFR violations this play indicates immoderate civilian aviators are not reference Notice to Airmen, aliases NOTAMs, earlier each formation arsenic required by nan FAA."

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NORAD said 11 civilian craft were encountered complete impermanent formation regularisation airspace complete nan July 4, 2025, weekend. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Guillot said nan NORAD equipped combatant jets intercept and guideline offending craft retired of nan TFR. 

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"Should nan aviator of an craft hap to find itself intercepted by either fighters aliases helicopters, they should instantly travel up connected wave 121.5 aliases 243.0 and move astir to reverse people until receiving further instructions connected 1 of those frequencies," Guillot added.

In different lawsuit connected Saturday, an craft was safely escorted retired of nan TFR airspace conscionable earlier 2:40 p.m., aft a modular "headbutt" maneuver was utilized to get nan pilot’s attention.

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President Donald Trump spent nan play astatine Trump National Golf Club successful Bedminster, New Jersey, during nan July 4, 2025, weekend. ( Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The maneuver involves a subject pitchy flying straight successful beforehand of a civilian craft astatine a adjacent but safe region to visually awesome nan aviator to either travel aliases alteration course.

Officials warned backstage pilots to do their homework earlier takeoff.

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"It is critically important for North American formation information that Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) violations are avoided," NORAD said successful a connection to pilots. "All pilots must familiarize themselves pinch updates to restricted airspace, including reviewing caller and existing FAA NOTAMs [Notice to Airmen] that effect their formation plans and activities. Adhering to FAA restricted airspace protocols is mandatory, sloppy of geographical region, airframe, aliases aircrew."

Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.