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15 private planes violated temporary flight restriction during Trump's Medinah visit

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Fifteen civilian planes violated temporary flight restrictions during President Trump's visit to the Chicago area on Sunday. NORAD deployed military jets to intercept the aircraft, with flares used against two planes that failed to respond to initial warnings.

Fifteen civilian planes violated a temporary flight restriction put in place Sunday during President Trump's nine-hour trip to Illinois, with flares being deployed at two planes who did not initially respond to F-16 military jets flying alongside them.The North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, told the Chicago Sun-Times the violations marked a "highly anomalous and significant spike for a single weekend." Trump landed at O'Hare Airport at 9:40 a.m. to attend the Presidents Cup golf…

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