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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Does F-35 Have Same Oxygen Problems As F-22? More Oversight Needed, Say Experts

F-35B Lightning IIGiven the recent allegations by F-22 Raptor pilots that the aircraft has potentially deadly oxygen-system problems, it’s not surprising that questions are also being raised about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter—which has strikingly similar design elements.

Lockheed Martin, which makes both aircrafts, has recently said that “the F-35 and F-22 have common aircraft oxygen system suppliers, but the systems are very different.”

But a ‘concerned’ POGO commenter asked us if there’s any chance the F-35 could have
the same oxygen problems, anyways.

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