On October 15, local time, the U.S. Air Force special aircraft aboard the U.S. Defense Secretary Hegerseth suddenly sent an international general emergency signal to the ground while flying over the Atlantic, after which the aircraft dropped abruptly and emergency turned, causing high attention from the outside world.

Secretary of Defense Hertz.

The Pentagon later confirmed that the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the UK due to a crack in the windshield during the flight, and that all people on board were safe.

According to the data of flight tracking website FlightRadar24, this air danger occurred near the southwest coast of Ireland. At that time, Hegseth's special plane was returning to the United States from Europe, but it suddenly interrupted its normal voyage and began to drop rapidly, from the normal cruising altitude to 10,000 feet (3,048 meters).

Meanwhile, the aircraft¡¯s respondents began broadcasting the ¡°7700¡± emergency code, a global emergency signal that indicates an emergency on the aircraft, including a technical failure or pressure loss, requiring the priority of ground empty pipe assistance.

After sending out a distress signal, the plane abandoned its flight to the United States and made an emergency turn east, eventually landing at Mildenhall RAF Base in Suffolk, England.

Hours after the incident, Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Panel announced the cause of the incident via social media, saying: ¡°On the way back from the NATO Defense Ministers¡¯ Meeting to the United States, the Hertz¡¯s aircraft was cracked by the windshield and made an unplanned landing in the UK.¡± Panel stressed: ¡°The aircraft landed in accordance with standard procedures, including Hertz¡¯s, and everyone on board was safe.¡±

He just experienced the ¡°Air Horror¡± and shortly after the plane landed safely, he also sent a message to the outside world on his personal social account. He briefly wrote: ¡°Everything is fine, continue to carry out the mission!¡±

It is reported that Hagerseth's trip to Europe is to participate in the NATO Defense Ministers 'Meeting held in Brussels, Belgium. The aircraft model involved in the accident was the Air Force C-32A, a military version of the Boeing 757. It is worth noting that this is not the first time that the special plane of a senior US official has encountered such a failure. Just in February this year, the same type of aircraft flown by U.S. Secretary of State Rubio was forced to turn back on its way to Europe due to a problem with the cockpit glass.

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"Seeing fat soldiers in any formation is boring to me, and it is totally unacceptable..."

As soon as U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagerseth finished speaking, this photo was posted in the U.S. media report:

Many US soldiers are "out of shape" US media ABC

Last Tuesday (7th), according to the instructions of US President Trump, hundreds of Texas National Guard members were sent to Chicago, Illinois, in response to civil protests against the government's immigration policy.

According to reports by the Capitol Hill and others on the 13th, photos subsequently released by ABC News on social platform X showed that several U.S. soldiers arrived in the southern suburbs of Chicago in trucks, holding rifles and carrying luggage bags on their shoulders. However, the plump figure of these soldiers with big bellies quickly aroused ridicule among netizens.

A lot of people immediately mentioned that Hegel just last month made a statement to senior U.S. military officers about physical fitness standards, "this photo clearly does not meet what he said requirements" and "Pitt (Hegel) to see this picture must have exploded" the rhetoric is not ever heard.

The British media "Daily Telegraph" also stated that some critics gave these soldiers jokingly nicknames: "meal team six" (adapted from the US military's elite "SEAL Team Six") and "green cafeteria" the green buffets.

According to US media reports, as of October 12, this photo has been widely circulated, with nearly 30 million views.

In response to the photo controversy, the U.S. National Guard issued a statement on Thursday, saying that ¡°all U.S. Army and Air Force soldiers must always meet the specific height, weight and fitness standards of the army.¡±

The statement explained, "When mobilizing to perform active duty tasks, relevant personnel need to pass the verification process to ensure compliance with the above standards. In rare cases, if personnel are found to do not meet the standards, they will not be allowed to participate in the task and need to return to their original residence and be replaced by those who meet the standards. Personnel take over their posts."

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The spokesman also said, ¡°In less than 24 hours, the Texas National Guard was mobilized to carry out federal defense missions. Because the response was too fast, we had to carry out verification procedures at different times.In the process, we found a small portion of the military who did not meet the standards, and the replacement was now completed.¡±

Local time on Monday (13), the previously silent Hegerseth, forwarded the clarification report of "mission and purpose" on the X, while adding that "the Ministry of War has returned to standards."

The X-ray of Hertz.

Of course, it is nothing new for American soldiers to be overweight. The Associated Press quoted statistics that being overweight has long been one of the main obstacles for Americans aged 17 to 24 to apply for the military.

But everything starts with Hagerseth suddenly and strictly grasping the "military appearance". At the end of September, the defense chief suddenly and hastily issued an order to urgently convene U.S. military generals from all over the world to hold a meeting at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia.

There was a lot of commotion, but in his speech, Hagerseth spent a lot of space demanding "strengthening the US military's physical fitness standards and testing": in his nearly 50-minute speech, he required that soldiers in combat-related positions must participate in physical fitness tests according to male standards, with scores of 70% or above; in terms of appearance, he announced a ban on growing beards and also severely criticized obese soldiers and generals.

Hegseth said at the time, "Frankly speaking... whether it's a combat formation or any other formation, it makes me bad to see fat soldiers. Similarly, it's totally unacceptable to see fat generals in the Pentagon, or in commands across the United States and around the world. This looks bad, and it doesn't fit our image."

After the meeting, a senior U.S. defense official tweeted, ¡°What¡¯s the job of reporting to the generals? it¡¯s clearly a press conference where the content can be said by email.¡±Another former senior U.S. defense official also criticized, ¡°Gathering so many leaders in public time and place is an unforgivable strategic risk to deliver such worthless information.¡±

Even more ¡°abstract¡± is the fact that Hegel later broke a world record.

According to U.S. media reports, on October 4, local time, he led Maryland to organize 3068 practitioners, officers and scene spectators to bow down, breaking the Guinness world record of "most simultaneous bow down in a minute".

The incident was seen as a "symbol" for Hertz promoting military fitness standards, but also attracted more criticism. The outside world accused him of neglecting national security duties and addicted to "personal performance".

In his speech at the end of September, Hegerseth spoke to the navy and army generals present, "If these words I say today make you feel disappointed, then you should do something decent - resign."

According to the Hill, shortly thereafter, General Thomas Bussier, commander of the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, and General Brian Fenton, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, announced their resignations one after another.