Transportation Security Administration
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Recent News About Transportation Security Administration
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the REAL ID enforcement date by 24 months, from May 3, 2023, to May 7, 2025, giving travelers additional time to ensure they have driver’s licenses or identification cards that meet the security standards established by the REAL ID Act. As required by the law, following the enforcement deadline, federal agencies, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), will be prohibited from accepting driver’s licenses and identification cards that do not meet these federal standards.
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Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its intent to extend the REAL ID full enforcement date by 24 months, from May 3, 2023 to May 7, 2025.
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is conducting a two-day hiring event on Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10, for individuals who are interested in becoming TSA officers to work at Syracuse Hancock International Airport. Individuals will be able to start the application process during this two-day event, which includes computer based testing.
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A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) explosives detection canine from LaGuardia Airport and one from John F. Kennedy International Airport are two of 13 dogs featured in the free downloadable TSA 2023 monthly calendar that honors its explosives detection canines from across the country.
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A Louisiana resident was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented her from carrying her loaded handgun onto a flight at LaGuardia Airport on Monday, Nov. 29.
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Two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) explosives detection canines who work at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) are featured in the free downloadable TSA 2023 monthly calendar that honors its explosives detection canines from across the country.
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers working at Pittsburgh International Airport continue to see travelers bringing their guns to the airport in their carry-on luggage and TSA wants to remind travelers of the proper and legal way to transport firearms for their flights.
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A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) prevented a Camp Hill, Pa., resident from bringing a loaded handgun onto his flight on Monday, Nov. 28.
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A resident of Philadelphia was stopped with his gun among his carry-on items when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer at Philadelphia International Airport saw the 9mm weapon show up on the security checkpoint X-ray monitor on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a woman from carrying a loaded firearm onto a flight at Bradley International Airport (BDL) on Wednesday, November 30.
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An Augusta County, Va., man was cited by the police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport caught him with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag this morning, Thursday, Dec. 1.
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Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Chesapeake, Va., resident from carrying his loaded handgun onto a flight on Wednesday, Nov. 30.
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented an Alexandria, Va., resident from carrying his handgun onto a flight on Monday, Nov. 28.
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers working at Harrisburg International Airport continue to see travelers bringing their guns to the airport in their carry-on luggage and TSA wants to remind travelers of the proper and legal way to transport firearms for their flights.
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released its annual calendar today, which honors the agency’s more than 1,000 explosives detection canines working in the United States
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A Delaware County, Pa., man was arrested by police on Thanksgiving after Transportation Security Administration officers stopped him with a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag in Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport.
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped a 74-year-old passenger from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane on Monday at Bangor International Airport (BGR).
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) will see travel volume increase this week and the TSA team at PVD has been proactively preparing for the increase.
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A Fredericksburg, Va., woman was cited by the police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport caught her with a handgun in her carry-on bag on Friday, Nov. 18. The .380 caliber handgun was not loaded.
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials expect travel out of Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to see a return to near pre-pandemic passenger levels during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, which kicked off on Friday, Nov. 18, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 27.