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Police officers stand near an exhibition of U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) drones at El Paso International Airport on Feb. 11, 2026.

Transportation

Pentagon let border agency use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say

By Seung Min Kim, Ben Finley, Mary Clare Jalonick, Konstantin Toropin and Morgan Lee, Associated PressFeb. 12, 2026

The sources say the border security agency borrowed the laser and fired it without first coordinating with the aviation agency, sparking the sudden shutdown.