NYT > U.S. News Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them. Par : David A. Fahrenthold · Andrea Fuller · Julie Tate · Nicholas Nehamas and Hamed Aleaziz 13 août 2026 à 05:03 The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months. © Kathleen Flynn for The New York TimesA Boeing 737 passenger jet purchased by the Department of Homeland Security parked last month at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, La.