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Pentagon Tester Says Toxins Suspected in F-22 Hypoxia Issues -- Daily Tech
More hypoxia incidents have occurred since the F-22 returned to the skies
The USAF's premiere air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor, had a rough year in 2011. There were several incidences of pilots exhibiting hypoxia-like symptoms that led to the aircraft being placed on stand-down for months while an investigation took place into the possible causes of the issue.
Fingers were pointed at the onboard oxygen generation systems and the OBOGS failure was thought to have contributed to the fatal crash of a Raptor pilot in 2010. That fatal crash was instead ruled pilot error.
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