NORAD scrambled 2 F-16 fighter jets that fired flares to flag down an aircraft that got too close to Biden's vacation spot

• NORAD scrambled 2 fighter jets after an aircraft flew too close to President Joe Biden's vacation spot. 
• The jets fired flares near the civilian pilot to get their attention. 
• The NORAD fighters ultimately helped escort the plane out of the Lake Tahoe area. 

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) fighter jets intercepted a civilian aircraft that wandered into the airspace near Lake Tahoe, where President Joe Biden and Jill Biden are vacationing, on Friday.

The crews of two F-16s fired flares to catch the civilian pilot's attention and escorted it out of the temporarily restricted airspace without an incident, NORAD said in a statement.