PLT OF A19 FLYING XCOUNTRY WITHOUT BENEFIT OF A FLT PLAN OR AN FSS BRIEFING STUMBLES INTO A TFR NEAR DALLAS/FT WORTH.

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UPON ARR INTO THE DALLAS/FORTH WORTH AREA FROM THE E AT APPROX 2000 FT AND DURING A VISUAL APCH INTO THE MIDLOTHIAN/WAXAHACHIE ARPT (JWY); I WAS INTERCEPTED BY AN F16 JET THAT CAME WITHIN 100-200 FT OF MY ACFT. I QUICKLY BECAME AWARE THAT THERE WAS A TFR IN AFFECT. THE F16 TURNED 180 DEGS AND CLBED; DEPARTING THE AREA; INDICATING I MAY PROCEED. I QUICKLY TURNED TO 121.5 AND MONITORED; BUT HEARD NOTHING. AFTER I LANDED; HANGARED MY PLANE; AND CALLED THE FAA FROM THE FBO; 2 MIDLOTHIAN POLICE OFFICERS HAD ALREADY ARRIVED. THEY TOOK MY INFO; INSPECTED MY AIRPLANE; AND COMMUNICATED EVERYTHING ABOUT THE INCIDENT TO A SECRET SVC AGENT VIA TELEPHONE. THE AGENT NOTIFIED THE OFFICERS THAT I WAS CLRED AND MAY GO. THAT WAS THE LAST I HEARD OF THE INCIDENT. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT CALL A BRIEFER; I DID CHK THE WX COMPUTER AT MCCOLLUM FIELD; GA; AT APPROX XA00Z AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY RESTRS. I ALSO PICKED UP FLT FOLLOWING WITH 3 CTLRS AS I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE COLUMBUS; MS; MIL AREA. NO ONE NOTIFIED ME OF THE RESTRS THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE WHEN I ARRIVED AT APPROX XI00Z. AT THE TIME OF INTERCEPTION; I WAS ALSO MONITORING DALLAS APCH; WHICH SEEMED VERY BUSY AND CONGESTED; LIKE ALWAYS DURING THAT TIME OF DAY. NO ONE SPEAKING TO APCH NOR ANY OF THE CTLRS MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT A RESTR. AS I REFLECT BACK ON THIS INCIDENT; I NOW KNOW TO CALL A BRIEFER BEFORE EVERY SINGLE FLT; AND MULTIPLE TIMES IF NECESSARY TO GET THE MOST UP-TO-DATE NOTAMS.