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Unauthorized drones detected over US Air Force base housing nuclear-capable B-52 bombers: military
2026-03-21
China, Iran/Hezbollah, or overly clever boys being stupid?
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The home of the US Air Force's nuclear bomber fleet was repeatedly invaded by a swarm of mysterious drones that could not be stopped by the military's jamming technology.

Officials at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana confirmed to the Daily Mail that the base detected 'multiple unauthorized drones' entering restricted airspace between March 9 and March 15. The first incident involving a single 'unmanned aerial system' triggered a shelter-in-place order and terror alert amid reports from the FBI of potential drone attacks on US soil. However, an internal military briefing document has reportedly revealed that later incidents involved swarms of 12 to 15 drones entering the base's no-fly zone.

The drones were described as being long-range devices using special signals that are not used by regular consumer drones. Moreover, they were reportedly able to resist attempts to jam or block the signals controlling the unmanned aircraft.

Barksdale Air Force Base is home to the military's fleet of B-52 bombers, capable of delivering nuclear strikes around the world.

A Barksdale AFB spokesman said: 'Flying a drone over a military installation is not only [a] safety issue, it is a criminal offense under federal law.'

'We are working closely with federal and local law enforcement agencies to investigate these incursions. The security of our installation and the safety of our people are top priorities, and we will continue to vigilantly monitor our airspace.'

Although the Air Force did not elaborate on the number of drone incursions over Barksdale, the confidential report from March 15 revealed that the unidentified drones came in waves and flew over several key facilities at the base.

'After reaching multiple points across the installation, the drones dispersed across sensitive locations on the base,' the document stated.

These swarms were spotted on multiple days last week, but the confidential report noted that no drones were spotted on March 13 or March 14.

Officials reportedly revealed that the drone invasions forced Barksdale to close its runway to incoming and outgoing planes, potentially putting aircraft preparing to land at the air base in danger.

US military bases use radio-frequency (RF) and electronic warfare (EW) jamming to bring unauthorized drones down when they stray into restricted airspace or threaten public safety. This equipment broadcasts interfering signals to break the link between a drone and its operator or scrambles the aircraft's GPS navigation. The idea is to make the drone lose control, land, crash or fly away harmlessly.

It is unclear what type of signals the drone swarms over Barksdale were using that made them impervious to jamming devices.

A spokesman from Barksdale did not confirm the details of the internal military briefing document on Friday.

It is also unknown what installations at the strategically vital base were being spied on by the drone swarms.

The B-52H Stratofortress is one of the country's most terrifying aircraft, especially as tensions in the Middle East spark rhetoric of nuclear escalation.
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