FAA grounds all US flights after drone incidents
The grounding follows unauthorized drone activity at a US air base in Britain, as global security incidents mount.
FAA grounds all US flights after drone incidents — The US Federal Aviation Administration announced this evening (Friday, November 13, 2026) the grounding of all domestic flights in the country.[^1] The sweeping measure comes hours after security forces at Royal Air Force Lakenheath in eastern England responded to unauthorized drone activity over the base this evening.[^2] A US European Command spokesperson told the Associated Press that the US military is taking 'all measures' to protect personnel, aircraft, and base facilities.[^2] The FAA grounding and the Lakenheath incident form part of a wider pattern of disruptions. In the Middle East, Houthi forces fired two ballistic missiles at what they described as concentrations of Saudi forces in Al-Tuwal in Jazan province, hours after Saudi authorities gave an all-clear.[^3] Riyadh has rerouted about 4 million barrels per day of crude via the East-West Pipeline to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, a sign of sustained concern over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.[^3] Meanwhile, Mossad chief Roman Gofman is visiting Washington for talks with senior Trump administration officials regarding the war with Iran, amid pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is exerting on President Trump to renew the war.[^4] Trump has so far rejected Netanyahu's pressure and has acceded to requests from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE not to return to war.[^4] The White House also confirmed that Trump will hold a trilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Shenzhen, China, with Iran and nuclear arms on the agenda.[^5] White House Assistant Press Secretary Olivia Wales stated that Trump believes nuclear proliferation is very dangerous.[^5] The juxtaposition of a full US airspace shutdown with a diplomatic push toward a great-power summit on nuclear proliferation raises a question: is the FAA grounding a security measure tied to a specific threat, or a broader signal about the fragility of the systems that keep the world moving? Eisenkot details emergency government bid; Netanyahu seeks security advice — On Friday, Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot published a long social media post detailing his effor