F-15E crews practiced landing on a taxiway in case a main runway is destroyed in combat.
Credit: Airman 1st Class Alexandria Byrd/U.S. Air Force
Two McDonnell Douglas F-15Es lined up to land, one after the other, at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, for what looked like a normal two-ship landing. As a small crowd watched apprehensively, however, the Strike Eagles came in about 600 ft. northwest of the base’s expansive runway. With sunshades on the...
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