This story started all the way back in September 12, 1981, when an F-15C aircraft’s landing attempt at Soesterberg Airbase during an airshow went completely FUBAR and the airframe was scrapped.

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — While F-15C Eagles fly high securing US CENTCOM's skies, US Air Force maintainers and crew chiefs from the 44th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron ...