Last Friday the F-22′s pilot was forced to declare an in-flight oxygen deprivation emergency known as hypoxia.
Two weeks before that, a Virginia-based F-22 pilot apparently suffered a similar emergency.
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia and Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois are demanding answers from the Pentagon and sent a letter wanting to know if the Air Force has been able to determine if it’s a problem with the pilot flight suits or the onboard oxygen generation system.
Hypoxia incidents happen in the F-22 at a rate nearly 10 times more than any other fighter jet in the U.S. Air Force.
Those incidents led to a complete grounding of the "Raptor" fleet in May of last year.
In a statement on his website, Senator Warner said "I have concerns about the Air Force’s ability to get to the bottom of this."
http://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2012/7/two-more-f-22-oxygen-incidents
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