# March Air Reserve Base

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Aerial view of F-16 fighter jets flying in formation against a clear blue sky.

F-16s Scrambled Over Northern California as NORAD Tracks Two High-Altitude Balloons — No Threat Found

NORAD tracked two high-altitude objects over northern California on February 15 and dispatched two F-16s to intercept them. The objects were assessed to be meteorological balloons and posed no threat to military or civil aviation.

SoMi2026年2月18日 03:04

#F-16#NORAD#meteorological balloon

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U.S. Fighters Scramble Over California for Unknown Objects Later Identified as Weather Balloons

U.S. F-16s scrambled twice on 15 February to investigate high-altitude objects over northern California and Nevada; NORAD later determined the contacts were meteorological balloons and not a threat. The response underscores persistent post-2023 sensitivity to unidentified aerial objects and the operational burden of distinguishing benign payloads from hostile surveillance.

SoMi2026年2月17日 14:04

#NORAD#F-16#weather balloon