The latest:
The US Air Force will not punish two F-22 Raptor pilots who publicly spoke out about problems with the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft's oxygen system, a senior service official tells Congress. Moreover, the USAF is getting close to solving the mystery behinds a series of hypoxia-like events that have plagued the Raptor fleet.
"We have some recent data that we are starting to believe we are coming to closure on that root cause," says Lt Gen Janet Wolfenbarger, military deputy to the USAF acquisitions chief. "We are realizing that we operate this aircraft differently than we operate any of our other fighter aircraft."
Story.
Gee, and all it took were years' worth of incidents and a pair of pilots finally risking their careers to help save lives.
Whatever blame the equipment deserves, the bigger problem is the 'culture' that has perpetuated and extenuated the situation.
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