An armed Air Force F-15 fighter jet protecting President Donald Trump while he was spending the weekend at Camp David, Maryland, was forced to make an an unplanned landing on May 2 at Joint Base Andrews after a sudden in-flight emergency, officials said.
At the time of the diversion, which was around 1:30 p.m., the F-15C Eagle from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing, was conducting a mission as part of “Operation Noble Eagle” for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, an Air Force spokesman said in a statement, reported Fox News.