On Nov 16, 8:35 am, Charles Packer wrote:
Matthew L. Wald, who has covered aviation
for the NY Times for years and years,
in today's Times wrote "Normally, the FAA asks
the Pentagon for use of offshore airspace
on a day-by-day or hour-by-hour basis."
What was he smoking?

I believe it's the other way around, that
by law, US airspace is entirely under
civilian control. Formally, it's the
DOD that asks the FAA for airspace,
(which is usually granted). Can somebody
in this newsgroup confirm this? All I
know is that a few years ago I was
writing software for the miniature
bureaucracy within the FAA whose
purpose is to schedule military use
of airspace.

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But there are different kinds of airspace, and there was the word
"offshore" where you have alert
and warning areas, that Air Traffic Control is not going to send
aircraft through, if there are military
exercises going on offshore.

And there are kinds of airspace not offshore, that are under military
control, like the Nellis Ranges and White Sands for example. MOAs
are not under military control, but when they are being needed by
military aircraft, aircraft on instrument flight plans will be routed
away from that airspace.