From ASD News.
WASHINGTON - The US Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of F-22 fighters, the most sophisticated combat aircraft in the world, after problems emerged with the plane's oxygen supply, officials said Friday.Wow.
The radar-evading F-22 Raptors have been barred from flying since May 3 and Air Force officials could not say when the planes would return to the air.
Bad news for the F-22 program. Worse news for the USAF.
I know that the problem will be solved but while they're doing it I hope they go back and take another look at the F-22 crashes...particularly the one involving the Lockheed Test Pilot that they blamed a loss on. I think it was ruled partial G-Loc. If nothing else his record needs to be cleared and these planes fixed and put back into service.
Was the plane rushed into service before it was ready?
ReplyDeleteI'm in favor of JSF, but maybe they should focus on getting everything right, before putting it into service. Stuff like this is not just tragic for the families, but could bury the program.
ya know i kinda have a hard on for this because that Lockheed pilot that crashed was taken to the ringer.
ReplyDeletebefore the wreckage stopped smoldering they had already blamed the pilot and then years later we hear about this. what has me going crazy is that it leaves me to wonder about whether they held this info back or what.
what also has me curious is that this appears to be limited to just the F-22. that smacks of a design flaw that was probably known but dismissed.
this will not end well.