Air Force wing-level incident reports mentioning unidentified aircraft, 2024–2026

The records sought

Wing-level safety and security incident reports referencing unidentified aircraft, drones of unknown origin, or unauthorised overflight, filed by installations in the continental United States between 1 January 2024 and the present.

Why it matters

Wing-level reports are business records with a retention schedule, and they are where the base-overflight story is actually written down.

How it will be filed

FOIAXpress PAL, SecureRelease, eFOIA, NextRequest, GovQA and the rest. Free, immediate, and usually returns a tracking number within a day. Submission is scripted per portal because there is no common API.

Department of the Air Force answers in a median of 176 days against a statutory 20 business days, and releases something 48% of the time — full scorecard.

What quorum is made of

• Agency portal$0

  No carrier cost

• Filing and follow-up$15

  Drafting, review, the statutory clock, and every chase until the agency answers