F-22 Raptor Pilots Make Problems Public -- Washington Times
The Air Force late last month convened a summit in Ohio to address the most vexing problem of its premier jet fighter - pilots becoming dizzy from oxygen deprivation while flying the supersonic F-22 Raptor.
Scientists, manufacturers and Raptor pilots at Wright-PattersonAir Force Base brainstormed on why aviators - 25 to date - are returning from missions suffering from hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation.
“It was an update on where we were at,” said Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis, a spokesman for the Air Force Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base. “We’re kind of closing in on some ideas.”
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