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Watch This F-15C Eagle Make A Very Hard Hook-Down Emergency Landing (Video)


Warzone/The Drive: Watch This F-15C Eagle Make A Very Hard Hook-Down Emergency Landing

This F-15 wasn't in a good place and there is plenty of tire smoke and sparks to show for it.

Emergency landings occur far more often in the USAF's fighter community than most would care to believe. Sometimes they are more precautionary in nature or due to environmental system issues or warning lights. But other times they occur due to far more invasive problems, with the loss of hydraulics or engine problems raising the stakes and prompting the pilot to drop the arresting hook for a barrier-assisted recovery.

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WNU Editor: It is not pretty, but the pilot walks away to fly another day.

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