Security
Operation Liberty Shield yields notams and TFRs
In what has been the biggest flurry of notams, TFR issuances and general uncertainty since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation

In what has been the biggest flurry of notams, TFR issuances and general uncertainty since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) have issued the first of what could become a blizzard of aviation-related paperwork resulting from the war in Iraq.

The initial moves toward greater airspace control in the face of a conflict that’s come to be known in many circles as “Gulf War II” were a step down from earlier rumors that predicted a complete U.S. airspace lockdown, similar to what followed the World Trade Center/ Pentagon terrorist attacks would be slapped into place throughout U.S. airspace for a full 48 hours.