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Unidentified drones forced critical US Air Force base to close airspace for hours #shorts
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0:50Now PlayingA critical US Air Force base in Ohio was forced to shut its airspace for hours in the latest security scare over mysterious drones, officials confirmed Monday.
The sprawling Wright-Patterson Air Force Base closed for four hours from late Friday into the early hours of Saturday because of concern about the “small unmanned aerial systems,” Bob Purtiman, the chief spokesman for the 88th Air Base Wing, told The Post.
An air traffic controller was heard warning a medical aircraft — identified as “MedFlight 8” — to “use extreme caution for heavy UAS movement over the base,” according to a recording obtained by the War Zone, which first reported the scare.
The controller tells the pilot that “security forces are handling the situation” and that the base’s class D airspace – typically the area surrounding an airport up to an altitude of 2,500 feet – will be closed.
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