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...."flights are not permitted in the overwater area of the Tehran Flight Information Region".....
FAA ^ | 6/20/19 | FAA staff

Posted on 06/20/2019 9:46:05 PM PDT by gandalftb

#FAA Statement: The FAA has issued a Notice to Airmen (#NOTAM) prohibiting U.S.-registered aircraft from operating over the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. The NOTAM applies to all U.S. air carriers and commercial operators.

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


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50 minutes ago, no commercial flights allowed due to military operations.
1 posted on 06/20/2019 9:46:05 PM PDT by gandalftb
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0340Z: USAF B-52Hs GRIMM21 & 23 from Al Udeid AB, Qatar active over the Persian Gulf.

8:44 PM - 20 Jun 2019


2 posted on 06/20/2019 9:48:23 PM PDT by gandalftb
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https://www.flightradar24.com/airport/pgu


3 posted on 06/20/2019 9:50:22 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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To: gandalftb

The exact wording is “due to heightened military activities and increased political tensions.”


4 posted on 06/20/2019 9:52:32 PM PDT by norcal joe
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The balloon just went up.


5 posted on 06/20/2019 9:56:13 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought. ))
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No, with Iran shooting at our drones in that space, it’s probably precautionary so they avoid a replay of the Malaysia Airlines shootdown in Ukraine when airlines continued flying directly over the hostile zone.

No balloon up.


6 posted on 06/20/2019 10:09:40 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: norcal joe

The rest of the FAA statement:

which present an inadvertent risk to U.S. civil aviation operations and potential for miscalculation or mis-identification,”


7 posted on 06/20/2019 10:10:01 PM PDT by gandalftb
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This is confusing. Either the FAA didn’t get the word that the strikes have been called off with a Stand Down order... OR the leaks that revealed the Stand Down order were part of a Misinformation Campaign to confuse the Iranians.


8 posted on 06/20/2019 10:11:19 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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This NOTAM will severely disrupt flight activities, United canceled its Filght 49, more to come.

This is not done lightly.


9 posted on 06/20/2019 10:11:53 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: Equine1952

“The balloon just went up.”

Well gold went up.


10 posted on 06/20/2019 10:11:59 PM PDT by grumpygresh
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To: House Atreides

The Iranians expect an attack, they could well launch a SAM swarm that will home on anything flying.

Very tight battle space, jumpy operators.


11 posted on 06/20/2019 10:14:28 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: House Atreides

The High Frequency Skyking radio traffic we’ve seen today is consistent with the assertion that at least SOME sort of strike package was authorized.

“Skyking” is the collective callsign for sending messages to all Single Integrated Operation Plan (SIOP) aircraft and missile Ops which are also responsible for deploying various aircraft.


12 posted on 06/20/2019 10:21:59 PM PDT by gandalftb
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I don’t mean the strikes on particularly, just that the game is playing. You want to rattle the chain to change a few things. This ain’t checkers, it might be three level chess. See what crawls out from the folks over there. I don’t believe DJT will telegraph any thing but he may make them sweat.


13 posted on 06/20/2019 10:27:25 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought. ))
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You are nuts if you don’t think firing SAMs in a zone will reroute flights. After the MH17 disaster in Ukraine, it takes almost nothing to cause them to slightly reroute flights.

Firing off SAMs is all it would take. No matter if the spy plane was slightly in or just outside Iranian airspace, the fact remains SAMs are shooting things in that spot.

It’s a no brainer to rout around that.


14 posted on 06/20/2019 10:27:42 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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OR... strikes or not, we are keeping airliners out of a spot where Iran is torching off SAMs yesterday.


15 posted on 06/20/2019 10:29:14 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: House Atreides

This is a precautionary measure to prevent risk to civilian air traffic. Not everything that happens is part of a political chess game.


16 posted on 06/20/2019 10:31:37 PM PDT by Widget Jr
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“This NOTAM will severely disrupt flight activities, United canceled its Filght 49, more to come.”

And I was so looking forward to vacationing in Tehran.

17 posted on 06/20/2019 10:36:44 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
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To: Widget Jr

Then why issue the FAA order after the Ny times story?


18 posted on 06/20/2019 10:37:49 PM PDT by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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To: gandalftb

Lots of foreign airlines flying around the area.


19 posted on 06/20/2019 10:38:19 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Widget Jr

I agree. And I also think we probably should not be posting about radio traffic or B52 movements.


20 posted on 06/20/2019 10:39:39 PM PDT by norcal joe
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