by David Axe | Feb 25, 2013 | Monitor
Chronic coughing is the cost of piloting the F-22 stealth fighter. At least that’s the Air Force’s position.
by David Axe | Feb 11, 2013 | Monitor
The Pentagon Inspector General doesn’t buy the Air Force’s explanation of a 2010 stealth jet crash.
by David Axe | Nov 16, 2012 | Monitor
The Air Force admitted losing two of its top-of-the-line F-22 Raptor stealth fighters on Thursday. It was the worst day yet in a bad year for the pricey, radar-evading jet built by Lockheed Martin.
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 27, 2012 | Monitor
F-22 Raptors fly in formation with an F-15 Eagle. Photo: U.S. Air Force Years before the Air Force faced a crisis with the oxygen systems on its premier stealth jet, a group of Air Force officers warned that the expensive F-22 Raptor could choke its pilots. Yet the...
by David Axe | Sep 13, 2012 | Monitor
F-22 Raptors. Photo: Air Force Mitt Romney says he wants to re-open production of America’s topline stealth fighter program. One problem: The Air Force still isn’t sure why the planes were intermittently choking their pilots for more than a decade. Thanks...