President Joe Biden’s expected trip to Korea on Thursday will mean a stopover at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, where Air Force One will refuel before making the last leg of its journey over the Pacific.
The Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Security Administration has issued a Temporary Flight Restriction for areas around Southcentral Alaska on Thursday.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday that Biden will not be visiting the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea on this trip because he has visited it before.
“Just to reiterate here is that as vice president, he has been there before,” Jean-Pierre said. “He is just not going to go on this trip. He is going to go to South Korea. He is going to show his support for the region.”
The FAA said that previous Temporary Flight Restrictions in this area resulted in numerous violations and reiterated the agency needs support from the aviation community to get the word out and stay clear of the affected area.
