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Air Force grounds F-22s
The U.S. Air Force is grounding Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor fighter jets indefinitely after reports of a faulty oxygen system. (www.federalnewsradio.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Time to turn them in for drones. F22's @ 150 million a piece ought to save government about $60 billion. What's nice about drones, they don't need oxygen and don't burn as much fuel and can fly all day.
OMG, AF has no aircraft for airshows and football game flyovers. They're all on static display.
This is not a laughing matter. This plane has brought back to America air superiority that no other fighter now or soon will be able to deliver.
Looks like this might be what led to the death of the F-22 pilot in Alaska: "F-22 manufacturer Lockheed Martin confirms the company has sent five engineers to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to help investigate the source of the fleet-wide F-22 safety stand-down."
Link to above quote: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2011/05/f-22-stand-down-linked-to-site.html
Hmmm I seem to recall F-15's having similiar problems with their O2 generator. Interesting to know that the problem hasn't been fix!
Oxygen starvation is NOT a laughing matter. It sneaks up on you and you are gone before knowing it,
This is clearly demonstrated in the altitude chamber during USAF pilot/crew training.
This is clearly demonstrated in the altitude chamber during USAF pilot/crew training.