It has been more than 24 months since an F-22 pilot experienced a hypoxia-like incident, Lt. Gen. Charles Davis said. (Tech. Sgt. Dana Rosso / Air Force Reserve)
F-22s Finally Fit To Fly -- David Cenciotti, War is Boring
Two years after suffocation crisis, stealth jets get back-up oxygen generators
More than 24 months since the last suffocation incident, the U.S. Air Force in finally equipping its F-22 stealth fighters with new back-up oxygen systems.
For years, F-22 pilots complained of shortness of breath and black-outs possibly related to the radar-evading jet’s high- and fast-flying abilities and its complex equipment.
Early last year, the Air Force said it would give all 180 or so F-22s an additional oxygen generator as a safeguard. Lockheed Martin, which manufactured the speedy fighter, scored a $30-million series of contracts to install the extra breathing gear, Defense News reported.
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