2026-07-08 20:10:07 EDT / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：奥利维亚·里纳尔迪 白宫记者
奥利维亚·里纳尔迪是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的白宫记者，曾报道特朗普总统2024年总统竞选活动，此前还曾担任《诺拉·奥唐奈主持的哥伦比亚广播公司晚间新闻》助理制片人以及《面向全国》节目广播助理。她的工作地点位于华盛顿特区。
美国国家航空航天局（NASA）局长贾里德·艾萨克曼周六驾驶私人军用战机飞越华盛顿特区上空，同行乘客包括代理司法部长托德·布兰奇，而这一行为遭到了美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）的安全反对。
作为一项非常规举措，NASA局长的一名高级顾问代表艾萨克曼的私人航空公司JDI控股公司向联邦航空管理局提交申请，希望其私人战机能参与华盛顿国家广场举办的美国建国250周年庆祝活动空中展演。
艾萨克曼通过支付处理公司Shift4 Payments积累了巨额财富，他还联合创立了国防承包公司Draken International，该公司拥有全球规模最大的私人军用战斗机机队之一。
根据公开披露的文件，此次申请希望动用艾萨克曼私人机队的四架诺斯罗普F-5“虎II”战机，由NASA飞行员和美国空军飞行员驾驶参与飞越活动。申请人还在申请中注明，该请求“由白宫和NASA赞助”。
联邦航空管理局于6月30日驳回了该申请，理由是这款冷战时期的F-5战机在人口稠密且紧急迫降区域不足的地区上空飞行“风险极高”。驳回通知中称，F-5战机“只要出现单一系统故障就会导致飞机失控”。该决定由飞行标准服务部资深主任休·托马斯签署。
尽管如此，艾萨克曼仍推进了飞越活动。NASA通过将艾萨克曼的飞机从私人用途转为该局名下的公共用途，绕过了联邦航空管理局的审查限制，使得这场空中展演得以无视联邦航空管理局的裁决继续进行。
联邦航空管理局在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中表示：“联邦航空管理局对这架私人拥有的试验飞机进行了标准安全审查。一旦该飞机转归NASA所有，它就成为了‘公共使用’（或政府）飞机。飞行操作的责任归属该特定政府机构，而非联邦航空管理局。”
代理司法部长托德·布兰奇与NASA局长贾里德·艾萨克曼同框照片，由艾萨克曼发布在X平台上。贾里德·艾萨克曼 摄
一位熟悉审查流程的消息人士透露，交通部长肖恩·达菲最初并不知晓艾萨克曼的飞越申请，在艾萨克曼执意推进飞越活动期间也未对审查流程施加任何影响。此类申请需直接提交给职业安全检查员，政治任命官员不得介入该流程。
达菲所领导的部门负责监管联邦航空管理局。美国交通部拒绝置评。
《华尔街日报》率先报道了联邦航空管理局的担忧。
根据斯卡维诺在X平台上的发帖以及一位熟悉拉西维塔计划的消息人士透露，副幕僚长丹·斯卡维诺和特朗普2024年竞选团队前经理克里斯·拉西维塔曾受邀在飞越活动期间坐在战机座舱内，但他们的随行安排最终被取消。
布兰奇最终确实与艾萨克曼一同坐在战机座舱内参与了飞越活动。
布兰奇在X平台的帖子中写道：“能与艾萨克曼一同飞越国家广场，参与美国建国250周年庆祝活动，是我的荣幸。”
拥有飞行员执照的艾萨克曼在X平台上写道：“我有幸载着布兰奇飞越国家广场。”
一位政府官员表示，白宫“对NASA为这场精彩的空中表演做出的贡献表示感谢”。
白宫发言人莉兹·赫斯顿表示：“这场成功的空中表演、破纪录的烟花秀以及特朗普总统精彩的演讲，共同让我们国家的250周年诞辰庆祝活动成为了永恒的经典。”
迈尔斯·多兰为本报道供稿。
NASA chief Jared Isaacman flew private military jets over D.C. for July 4th despite FAA disapproval
2026-07-08 20:10:07 EDT / CBS News
By Olivia Rinaldi White House reporter
Olivia Rinaldi is a White House reporter at CBS News. She covered President Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and was previously an associate producer for “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell” and a broadcast associate for “Face the Nation.” She is based in Washington, D.C.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew private military jets over Washington, D.C., in a flyover Saturday — with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as a passenger — despite safety objections from the Federal Aviation Administration.
In an unusual move, a senior adviser to the NASA administrator petitioned the FAA on behalf of Isaacman’s private jet company, JDI Holdings, to participate in the aerial demonstrations over the National Mall during the America 250 celebrations in Washington.
Isaacman, who made his fortune through a payment processing company Shift4 Payments, also co-founded Draken International, a defense contracting company that also holds one of the world’s largest privately owned fleets of military fighter jets.
The petition sought to have four Northrop F-5 Tiger II aircraft from Isaacman’s private fleet, flown by NASA pilots and U.S. Air Force pilots, participate in the flyover, according to publicly released documents. The petitioner also noted that the request was “sponsored by the White House and NASA.”
The FAA denied the request on June 30, deeming the Cold War-era F-5 fighter jet as “very high-risk” to operate over densely populated areas with a lack of emergency landing zones. The denial called the F-5 “an aircraft for which a single system failure will render the aircraft uncontrollable.” The decision was signed by Hugh Thomas, the veteran director of the Flight Standards Service.
Still, Isaacman pushed forward with the flyover. NASA bypassed the review’s restrictions by transferring Isaacman’s aircraft from private to public use under the space agency, allowing the aerial demonstration to continue despite the FAA ruling.
“The FAA conducted a standard safety review for a privately owned, experimental aircraft. Once the aircraft was transferred to NASA, it became a “public use” (or government) aircraft,” the FAA wrote in a statement to CBS News. “The responsibility for the operation falls to that specific government agency, not the FAA.”
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman appear in a photo posted to X by Isaacman. Jared Isaacman
A source familiar with the review process said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was unaware of the initial flyover request by Isaacman and did not weigh in on the review process as Isaacman pressed on with the flyover. Requests of that nature go directly to career safety inspectors and political appointees are not involved in the process.
Duffy’s department oversees the FAA. The Department of Transportation declined to comment.
The Wall Street Journal was first to report on the FAA’s concerns.
Deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino and former Trump 2024 campaign manager Chris LaCivita were invited to fly in the cockpit of the fighter jets during the flyover, according to an X post by Scavino and a source familiar with LaCivita’s plans, but their excursion was later scrapped.
Blanche ultimately did ride in the cockpit with Isaacman for the flyover.
In a post on X, Blanche wrote, “it was an honor to fly over the National Mall with Isaacman as part of America’s 250th celebration.”
Isaacman, who has a pilot’s license, wrote on X: “I had the privilege of flying Blanche over the National Mall.”
An administration official said the White House was “grateful for NASA’s contribution to the incredible air show.”
“The successful air show, record-breaking fireworks display, and President Trump’s incredible speech combined to make our Nation’s 250th birthday celebration one for the ages,” Liz Huston, a White House spokeswoman, said.
Miles Doran contributed to this report.