Armed F-15 Fighter Jet Protecting Trump Skids off Runway After In-Flight Emergency

Armed F-15 Fighter Jet Protecting Trump Skids off Runway After In-Flight Emergency
An F-15 fighter jet flies over the Atlantic ocean as it prepares a mid-air refueling process on May 27, 2012. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times
Isabel van Brugen
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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.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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