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Tyndall AFB takes F-22 pilot training to next level
Jul 30, 2014 - The Air Force’s ability to continue developing a fifth generation fighter aircraft fleet ready to meet the challenges of future warfare, hinges in large part, on a steady influx of capable and trained F-22 Raptor pilots. [Read more...]
F-22 accident report released
Aug 09, 2013 - A chafed electrical wire, which arced and led to an internal fire, caused an F-22A Raptor to crash at Tyndall Air Force Base on November 15, 2012, according to an Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released today. [Read more...]
Commander qualifies in the F-22, confident in Raptor
Jul 05, 2012 - Air Combat Command's senior Airman completed F-22 Raptor pilot qualification recently, reinforcing his personal stake in the Air Force's efforts to identify the root cause of unexplained physiological incidents involving a small number of Raptor crews. [Read more...]
Medical official explains F-22 pilot-protection efforts
May 10, 2012 - Air Force officials have instituted measures designed to protect its pilots, ensure mission completion and assess the possible physiological effects of flying the F-22 Raptor, the command surgeon for Air Combat Command said May 9. [Read more...]
Air Force still searching for cause of sickness among F-22 pilots
May 09, 2012 - Air Force officials said Wednesday they still have not found the cause of the hypoxia-like symptoms that have affected F-22 Raptor pilots and maintainers, nor are they sure why a short-term cough that can result from breathing high concentrations of oxygen is more common in F-22 pilots than in F-15 and F-16 pilots. [Read more...]
ACC confident in F-22
May 05, 2012 - Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, talked with media on April 30 about the national security imperative for the F-22, the status of efforts to identify a root cause for unexplained physiological incidents, and risk mitigation efforts since the Raptor's return to flying operations in September 2011. [Read more...]
F-22 scientific board findings announced pilot safety is priority
Apr 04, 2012 - Air Force leaders provided an update on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board study into the F-22 Raptor life support systems and flight operations during a briefing in the Pentagon March 29. [Read more...]
AFRC pilot reaches 1,000 F-22 flight hours
Nov 04, 2011 - Lt. Col. David Piffarerio, 302nd Fighter Squadron commander, flew his 1,000 flight hour in the F-22 Raptor on November 4th, making him the first Air Force pilot to do so. [Read more...]
Tyndall's F-22 fleet soars
Sep 21, 2011 - Since the four-month safety stand-down order was issued on the F-22 Raptor, the first of Tyndall's F-22s launched over the skies of the Emerald Coast to kick off the return to official flying operations. [Read more...]
F-22 pilots losing qualification as Raptors remain grounded
Aug 05, 2011 - Air Force F-22 pilots are losing their training edge as the Raptor fleet enters its fourth month of a grounding, the Air Force Times reported. [Read more...]
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