Overview
- An internal briefing reviewed by reporters details multiple daily waves of roughly 12–15 unauthorized drones over Barksdale Air Force Base from March 9 to 15.
- Drones operated over sensitive areas including the flight line, using non-commercial signals, long-range control links, and techniques that resisted jamming.
- The flights reportedly lasted about four hours each day with varied ingress routes and deliberate maneuvering within restricted airspace.
- The briefing warns the incursions forced flight-line shutdowns and created risks to manned aircraft, and base officials confirmed a March 9 shelter-in-place.
- Bossier and DeSoto parish sheriffs, Louisiana State Police, and federal and military partners are investigating; no operator has been identified, and analysts say the activity may have tested security responses.