Critics Question AF’s F-22 Solutions -- Defense Tech
Questions over the Air Force’s claim they have solved the F-22 oxygen problems are starting to get louder.
First, Flight Global’s Dave Majumdar wrote an article citing anonymous F-22 pilots concerns that the service’s scientists and engineers have falsely blamed the Combat Edge upper pressure garment. Majumdar quotes one F-22 pilot saying: “There’s one thing I know for certain: The Combat Edge isn’t the culprit.”
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