U.S. troops ordered to limit long-distance flight in the F-22 to ensure the safety of pilots

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U.S. troops ordered to limit long-distance flight in the F-22 to ensure the safety of pilots

Date:2012-05-16Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0

The 资料图:美军的F-22A战斗机。 Figure: U.S. military’s F-22A fighter.

WASHINGTON, May 15 call (reporter support Lin fly) hypoxia problems encountered due to a number of pilots complaining about driving the F-22 Raptor fighter, the U.S. Department of Defense announced on the 15th, Secretary of Defense Panetta has been ordered to take the limit F-22 fighter planes for long-distance flight, and three measures to ensure the safety of pilots.

U.S. Defense Department spokesman Little said Panetta three new security measures taken by the U.S. Air Force, including: the installation of automatic Oxygenating system in the cockpit of the F-22 fighter; suspend the F-22 The long flight of fighter planes in Alaska and other places away from the airport, to facilitate the pilot emergency landing in the event of hypoxia problem; Air Force must report to the Department of Defense on a monthly basis the progress to solve the hypoxia problem.

Little emphasized that the F-22 fighter planes to ensure U.S. air superiority, the protection of U.S. airspace and overseas deployment in order to play a role in containing still play an important role as the most advanced U.S. fighter. He also said that the current problem does not affect the model deployment in Southwest Asia.

F-22 Raptor fighter is a fifth generation fighter. Since the 2008 deployment, there are 25 F-22 pilots to complain about in-flight hypoxia. In May last year, the U.S. Air Force temporarily suspended the flight of the F-22 fighter, and has made some improvements to overhaul the cockpit oxygen system. Since September last year, the F-22 since the return to flight mission, the problem still exists, there are 11 pilots complaining about the lack of oxygen problems, and even the ground crew complained to encounter the same problem operating in the cockpit. In early May of this year, two F-22 pilots serving in an Air Force base in Virginia, said in a television interview, rather than driving the F-22 fighter planes for fear of security issues, this incident the U.S. Air Force into an extremely awkward position.

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