F-15E forced to divert to RAF Brize Norton

Those working at RAF Brize Norton encountered a pair of rare visitors on May 23 when a U.S. Air Force F-15E, assigned to RAF Lakenheath, had to make an emergency landing there. The jet was accompanied by another F-15E.

By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (F15 Eagles – RAF Lakenheath July 2009) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

A base spokesman said the fighter had developed “a hydraulic emergency.”