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The Pentagon is confirming that unidentified drones did fly over Langley Air Force Base in Hampton.
Langley is the East Coast home to F-22 Raptors, advanced fifth-generation stealth fighter jets. The 1st Fighter Wing maintains and operates half of the F-22s in the United States Air Force's inventory.
The Wall Street Journal reported last weekend that U.S. military personnel reported drones appearing in restricted airspace over Langley between December 6 and 23 last year.
Now, the Defense Department confirms it happened.
"Langley Air Force Base did experience incursions of unauthorized unmanned aerial systems last year in December 2023. The number of the UAS incursions did fluctuate on any given day, but they didn't appear to exhibit any hostile intent," said Sabrina Singh, Defense Department Deputy Press Secretary, during a news conference Tuesday at the Pentagon.
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