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| Date: | Wednesday 15 October 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing C-32A (757-2G4) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 98-0002 |
| MSN: | 29026/787 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | over the Atlantic Ocean - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Boeing C-32A, a military version of the Boeing 757, was en route from Brussels, Belgium, where Hegseth had been attending NATO meetings when the crew declared an emergency while starting to cross Atlantic. The crew of the Boeing C-32A made the decision to divert the flight to RAF Mildenhall (MHZ/EGUN), a U.S. Air Force base in the United Kingdom. Boeing has landed on runway 10. A crack appeared in the cockpit windshield, according to a statement from the Pentagon.
Sources:
https://airlive.net/military/2025/10/15/us-air-force-boeing-c-32-carrying-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-is-declaring-an-emergency-and-diverting-to-uk/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 April 2012 | 98-0002 | United States Air Force - USAF | 0 | on approach to Santa Barbara Airport - KSBA |  |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2025 06:19 | vasilf | Added |
| 16-Oct-2025 06:28 | vasilf | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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