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Air Force grounds F-35 operations after pilots suffered hypoxia

• bdavisx 9y ago
  This is one hell of an aircraft system. Huge amounts of money, still not operational, but lots of money made by defense contractor companies.
  • astrodust 9y ago
    It's like the Itanium of aircraft.
  • gozur88 9y ago
    It's actually operational, and has been for a few months. The USAF is cleared to deploy it worldwide, though I doubt they will until the pilots are a bit more familiar with it.
• smilekzs 9y ago
  Mentioned later in the article: F-22 and F/A-18 also had similar problems. My guess is this has more to do with the life support system rather than the jet as a whole.
  • astrodust 9y ago
    Do they have any gear in common, like the respirator system?
  • tolien 9y ago
    Yeah, in that respect it’s an unfortunate title - the F-35’s a boondoggle that’s easy to beat on but this is probably one of the (few) common parts.