Two more U.S. Air Force pilots were forced to land F-22s in recent
weeks after experiencing symptoms of oxygen deficiency, lawmakers said
July 10.
The incidents led Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., to renew calls to the Air Force to pinpoint the cause problems that have plagued the service’s stealth fighter for two years.
“I know the Air Force is trying, but we continue to not see the kind of definitive results that we are all hoping for,” Warner said.
On July 6, an F-22 pilot at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, declared an emergency and landed safely, just weeks after a similar incident at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., the lawmakers said. Both pilots were flying without pressurized vests, the lawmakers said.
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The incidents led Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., to renew calls to the Air Force to pinpoint the cause problems that have plagued the service’s stealth fighter for two years.
“I know the Air Force is trying, but we continue to not see the kind of definitive results that we are all hoping for,” Warner said.
On July 6, an F-22 pilot at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, declared an emergency and landed safely, just weeks after a similar incident at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., the lawmakers said. Both pilots were flying without pressurized vests, the lawmakers said.
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