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POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 16:38
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:00 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


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Military limits F-22 flights after oxygen issues

The military is taking new measures as it tries to determine the root cause of possible oxygen-supply problems in the F-22 fighter jet.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has mandated that all F-22 flights "remain within the proximity of potential landing locations" to ensure the ability to recover and land should a pilot run into "unanticipated physiological conditions," Pentagon spokesman George Little said on Tuesday.

In addition, the Air Force is speeding up the installation of an automatic backup oxygen system in all the fighters, Little also announced a Pentagon press conference.

Panetta also has requested a monthly progress report about the service's progress in finding the cause of the oxygen problems on the fighter jets.

The Air Force has been looking into a number of reports that pilots experienced "hypoxia-like symptoms" aboard F-22s since April 2008. Hypoxia is oxygen deficiency.

Even more mysterious, the Air Force has also been looking into a number of reports that mechanics have been getting sick as well.

The fleet was grounded in May 2011 so the service could check the hypoxia reports, but the order was lifted in September under a "return to fly" plan, with equipment modifications and new rules including daily inspections of the life-support systems.

Since then, five mechanics have reported hypoxia symptoms, according Gen. Daniel Wyman, command surgeon for the Air Combat Command.

The plane's manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, has started an online campaign to combat the negative publicity. http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/15/military-limits-f-22-flights-
after-oxygen-issues/
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So...start a campaign to combat negative publicity...don't spend your time trying to FIX the issue, I guess, jut comat the "negative publicity". Right.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:24 AM

CAVETROLL


Well, yeah. Fixing the problem is hard and takes time. Spinning the story and generating headlines can be done by any media flack.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:44 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important


Hello,

There is no reason for mechanics to suffer hypoxia like symptoms, because they are not being deprived of oxygen (being that they are on the ground where oxygen is plentiful.)

Hence, it sounds to me as if some chemical is being released by the jet that is creating these symptoms in people who have contact with it and perhaps are sensitive to the chemical.

If they are looking at oxygen problems, they are looking in the wrong place.

--Anthony


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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:11 AM

ANTHONYT

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Hello,

I am bumping this so that people like Pirate can see there are already threads on this topic.

--Anthony



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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1:56 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


I'll bump it again, because I put up the thread. So There! ;o)

I kinda thought about a chemical when I first heard of it, too, and didn't hear abou the oxygen thing until I read the articles. I think I'm with you; makes more sense.


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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:38 PM

ANTHONYT

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Hello,

If only we were in charge of solving these kinds of problems!

--Anthony



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