The Pentagon has confirmed a number of “unauthorized” drone flights last year in restricted airspace over a Virginia base that houses the nation’s most advanced fighter jets.
The Wall Street Journal first reported that for 17 days in December, a fleet of the unidentified aircraft flew over Langley Air Force Base as well as over the area that includes the Navy’s SEAL Team Six home base and Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval port.
Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh on Tuesday confirmed Langley “did experience incursions of unauthorized unmanned aerial systems last year in December 2023.”
She said the number of those unmanned aerial system (UAS) incursions fluctuated on any given day but didn’t appear to exhibit any hostile intent.
“It’s something that we have kept our eye on, but I just don’t have more to provide on that,” Singh told reporters.
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