Military of China, force comment.
Military of China, force comment.

U.S. Air Force on May 3 ordered the F-22 fighter fleet fully grounded.

According to the United States, “Defense News” website July 8, 2011 reported that due to grounded F-22 fighter, the U.S. company Lockheed Martin ? delivery of the aircraft to the Air Force has been suspended. Currently, the company is located in Marietta, Georgia plant has four on the tarmac in the form delivered to the Air Force’s F-22 fighter. As the Air Force grounded so that they can not fly in Virginia, Langley Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force F-22 has not ordered the suspension of production, so the Los ? Martin still continue to produce the aircraft, but the company’s test pilot can not complete the factory production of aircraft flight, and from the U.S. Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency (Defense Contract Management Agency, DCMA) can not be the test pilot for the aircraft ready for delivery and acceptance test.

Los ? Horse spokesman Stephanie ? Sting (Stephanie Stinn) said: “As planned, we (F-22) assembly work will continue until December 2011. These are still Marietta for. June 22, 4181 we delivered to the Air Force, No. machine, so now these (on the tarmac in Marietta) F-22 is part of the U.S. Air Force since 4181 numbers machine, we can not any required acceptance test. ” Sting said that once grounded order is discharged, stored in Marietta’s four have been delivered to the Air Force’s F-22 will fly to Langley Air Force Base; Los ? horses in 4181 after a number of machines also shipped another 2 airplane (4182 and 4183 of Unit of Unit), but the company and the DCMA are not necessary to test them, now that two machines have been close to the flight readiness of the state stored. Sting said that two machines scheduled for delivery in July, but now because they can not carry out any test can not deliver, perhaps they can be delivered in early August, but the Los ? Martin has not been told to determine the delivery date. No. 4183 No. 4182 machine and complete the stealth coating machine coating has not been working, this coating only in the factory F-22 will be added after the completion of several test flights, before F-22 will only primed .

U.S. Air Force on May 3 ordered the F-22 fighter fleet fully grounded, because the suspect released by the aircraft’s onboard oxygen generation system (OBOGS) in question. The flight ban on almost all of the F-22 valid only in California’s Edwards Air Force Base test pilots can continue to perform part of the base test mission. Flight ban is to continue the F-22 pilots were combat troops a negative impact on the readiness of the Air Force is using the simulator as much as possible to alleviate this problem, but the military services spokesman admitted: “High overload mobility needs real flight experience, the real external scene, the actual flight conditions in a dynamic environment simulator and decision-making is lacking. ” (China Aviation Industry Development Research Center of Zhang Yang)

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