JACKSONVILLE, FL. (THECOUNT) — Emergency responders are staging near the Jacksonville airport ahead of an emergency landing from a Florida Air National Guard jet on Wednesday.
According to a spokesperson with the Jacksonville International Airport, an F-15 pilot radioed in around 12:30 p.m. that they were experiencing a landing gear problem and would need to make an emergency landing at JIA, reports FirstCoastNews on Wednesday.
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