This F-15 Had To Fire Its Missile Load Worth Millions Into The Ocean Before Emergency Landing (Update)

Warzone/The Drive: Oregon F-15 Fired Millions Worth Of Missiles Into The Sea Before Emergency Landing

Launching advanced air-to-air missiles off a troubled jet as a precautionary measure isn't that common of a practice.

Yesterday, we reported on an emergency arrested landing made by an Oregon Air National Guard F-15C from the 142nd Fighter Wing. The jet had been in the air for some time before it made its way back to its home base at Portland International Airport and landed via catching the emergency cable with its tail hook on runway 28L. Now, The War Zone has learned that the aircraft in question was part of an alert training mission and was fully armed with live air-to-air missiles when it took off. During the emergency, the decision was made to fire off all of its armament into the Pacific Ocean before returning to land, an operation that is apparently quite rare in the F-15 community.

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Previous Post: F-15 Makes Emergency Landing In Portland (Video) (February 21, 2019).

WNU Editor: This was a costly event.