USAF Indefinitely Grounds F-22 Raptors

[jeroenow]

USAF Indefinitely Grounds F-22 Raptors

source:
http://defensenews.com/story.php?i=6423637&c=AME&s=AIR

cheers Jeroen

[Arjan]

Yup, unfortunetaly no Raptor flying at Tyndall today!

[Propwash]

Article (Flightglobal)

[Mark B.]

Investigation still ongoing, full article HERE

Mark

[Mark B.]

Pilots are losing their currency, article HERE

[Benjamin]

Doet het niet.

That page has gone AWOL!


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[Stefan]

Doet het niet.

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This one works:

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/ ... on-080411/

Regards,
Stefan

[Wildpicture]

Quote from the article: "The pilot, who participated in the Raptor’s operational testing, said that “we could have been a bunch of buffoons, and the jet would have done well.”"

[Benjamin]

Thanks.

[Stratofreighter]

http://defensenews.com/story.php?i=7499691&c=AME&s=AIR

Grounded F-22s Take Flight From Irene

By DAVE MAJUMDAR
Published: 26 Aug 2011 17:37

The U.S. Air Force has granted a temporary flight waiver for experienced F-22 Raptor pilots at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.,
to move the $140 million stealth fighters out of the path of Hurricane Irene.

The waiver marks the first time in nearly four months that F-22s, save for a few test planes at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., have taken to the air.

"Due to Hurricane Irene forecasts for Southern Virginia, the 1st Fighter Wing commander initiated an evacuation of the F-22 Raptors today to protect assets against anticipated 115-mile-per-hour wind gusts and flooding," Air Force spokesman Chad Steffey said in an email.

"Faced with Hurricane Irene's projected landfall in the Hampton Roads area, Headquarters Air Force granted temporary certification and currency waivers to experienced pilots to support evacuation operations;
however, this temporary waiver does not lift the stand-down order given 3 May 11."

The Raptors are being evacuated to Grissom Air Force Reserve Base, Ind., and will return to Virginia when the installation commander declares the base safe.

The F-22 fleet has been grounded since May 3 due to a suspected problem with the jet's oxygen system.
The Air Force is investigating the problem's cause, but no solution is in sight.

[Stratofreighter]

USAF Chief to Get F-22 Options This Week

By DAVE MAJUMDAR
Published: 7 Sep 2011 14:35

The U.S. Air Force's top uniformed officer will be briefed this week on options for lifting a four-month-old grounding of the service's F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter, sources said.

This interesting feature continues at http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i= ... =AME&s=AIR

[Piet Luijken]

There is an article in Combat Aorcraft stating that most of the F-22 pilots have poisonous materials in their blood, most probably CO, most probably coming from the oxygen unit in some way.

[Mark B.]

F-22 to resume flight operations!!

Full article HERE

[Stratofreighter]

Interesting feature containing a story about how the 411th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB was able to lift the four-month-grounding of all F-22 Raptors...

http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=41 ... n=military