Fighter jets protect Trump during NJ weekend stay as 11 aircraft violate restricted airspace

Fighter jets intercepted at least three aircraft on Sunday which violated temporary flight restriction TFR airspace over Bedminster New Jersey where President Trump was spending the holiday weekend according to North American Aerospace Defense Command NORAD With one aircraft being intercepted in the morning and two others being intercepted later in the day NORAD noted there were a total of unauthorized aircraft incursions in the TFR airspace over the weekend At about a m on Sunday a civilian plane violated the TFR and was safely escorted out of the area by a NORAD aircraft NORAD and the Federal Aviation Administration aim to keep the skies over America safe with close attention paid to areas with Temporary Flight Restrictions TFR to ensure flight safety national protection and the measure of the President Gen Gregory Guillot Commander NORAD and US Northern Command disclosed TFR procedures are mandatory and the excessive number of TFR violations this weekend indicates specific civil aviators are not reading Notice to Airmen or NOTAMs before each flight as required by the FAA NORAD INTERCEPTS PLANE IN TRUMP S BEDMINSTER NO-FLY ZONE 'NO EXCUSES'Guillot mentioned the NORAD armed fighter jets intercept and guide offending aircraft out of the TFR SECOND NAVY FIGHTER JET GOES OVERBOARD FROM TRUMAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER PILOTS EJECTED Should the pilot of an aircraft happen to find itself intercepted by either fighters or helicopters they should instantly come up on frequency or and turn around to reverse lesson until receiving additional instructions on one of those frequencies Guillot added In another instance on Saturday an aircraft was safely escorted out of the TFR airspace just before p m after a standard headbutt maneuver was used to get the pilot s attention AIR FORCE F- STRUCK BY DRONE DURING TRAINING FLIGHT OVER ARIZONA IN The maneuver involves a military jet flying directly in front of a civilian aircraft at a close but safe distance to visually signal the pilot to either follow or change syllabus Officers warned private pilots to do their homework before takeoff CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP It is critically pivotal for North American flight safety that Temporary Flight Restriction TFR violations are avoided NORAD announced in a message to pilots All pilots must familiarize themselves with updates to restricted airspace including reviewing new and existing FAA NOTAMs Notice to Airmen that impact their flight plans and pursuits Adhering to FAA restricted airspace protocols is mandatory regardless of geographical region airframe or aircrew Fox News Digital s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this overview