Capt. Jeff Haney is seen in this photo. (Courtesy Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson)
Air Force Blames Oxygen-Deprived Pilot in Deadly F-22 Crash -- ABC News
The U.S. Air Force is blaming an F-22 fighter pilot for the crash that cost his life, even though the plane -- one of a fleet plagued by oxygen system problems and never flown in combat -- malfunctioned, causing "severe restrictive breathing" and basically suffocating him as his jet flipped over and slammed into the ground in the Alaskan wilderness.
Capt. Jeff Haney was on a training mission in Alaska in November 2010 when his F-22 Raptor alerted him to a malfunction that cut off his oxygen supply, according to an investigative report released by the Air Force late Wednesday.
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