The secretary of war’s plane was diverted to RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.
A Boeing C-32A on the tarmac at the Biarritz Pays Basque Airport in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 24, 2019. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images
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The plane carrying Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was forced to make an emergency landing at a joint U.K.-U.S. airbase in the United Kingdom after the plane’s windscreen cracked.
The secretary was traveling back to the United States from Brussels at the time of the incident. He had attended a NATO meeting with allies to discuss members meeting their financial commitment and support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia.
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