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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Air Force Says F-22 Oxygen Problem is Solved

F-22 Raptor |The Air Force thinks it's solved the years-long mystery of why F-22 pilots have suffered apparent hypoxia-like system's aboard the world's most advanced jet fighter.

And the answer is so insanely simple, some Congressmen simply don't believe it.

According to Congressional Testimony by NASA and Air Force experts earlier this month, the problem lies with an inflatable combat vest that was worn -- in a unique combination with rubberized cold-weather survival gear (needed for ejection over cold water) by pilots -- at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson here in Alaska, and also by pilots at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.

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