Or they were moving some secretive equipment out of Ft. Bliss (1st Armored Division)

I mean it takes out an international airport that had 3.5 million go through it last year. It’s the unexpected no heads up about it that’s significant. This hasn’t happened in modern aviation history

In a highly highly speculative context since the cartels do not have a ton of air power exactly so in theory this could be done to prevent the airport from being a juicy easy target for small arms fire

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The FAA said the temporary restrictions would be ⁠in place until February 21 and covered a radius ⁠of about 10 nautical miles from ⁠the airport, though they did not include Mexican airspace.

10 Nautical Miles does not seem like a large region, if this is for a future military action.

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U.S. Issues NOTAM Over El Paso for 10 Days Over 'security reasons'

>The FAA said the temporary restrictions would be ⁠in place until February 21 and covered a radius ⁠of about 10 nautical miles from ⁠the airport, though they did not include Mexican airspace.

10 Nautical Miles does not seem like a large region, if this is for a future military action.