[jazusamo]

Amen to Lt. Gen. Thomas G. McInerney.

[GladesGuru]

If the life support system has computer chips made in China, check there for a possible solution.

[Anti-Bubba182]

"“We’re kind of closing in on some ideas.”"

That is not acceptable at these prices.

[Thunder90]

Russian componets?

I bet that the Raptorski and the chinese knockoff will have fewer problems than this bird.

[starlifter]

I read the article and the quotes from Tony McPeak.

McPeak is an unparalleled ass who should not be allowed to comment on anything. He should be ignored, reviled, impugned and spat upon at every opportunity.

[lurk]

They’ve got a team working on it. Let me help.

It sounds like they need to check system that supplies air to the pilot.

[MasterGunner01]

As I remember it, the first aircraft accepted with OBOGS (On-board Oxygen Generating System) was the AV-8B Harrier II in 1980. Since then, more and more aircraft have been fitted with OBOGS. There have been problems with OBOGS since it was accepted. For a mature system such as this to STILL having problems is absolutely mind boggling.

This not a small problem. This is a major life support problem, that must be solve. If not, we restrict all aircraft with OBOGS to not more than 10,000 feet in altitude.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Maybe the F-22 Raptors are Leftists?

[pallis]

It’s a fixable problem. Fix it, and get ready to make more F-22s once we dump the commies who are running Washington.

[mikeus_maximus]

The answer is: they're not getting enough oxygen.

Now, where's my $100K government grant for that critical study and earthshaking conclusion?

[Trod Upon]

Aren’t we really getting to the point where mostly autonomous combat aircraft can do the job better anyway? It looks like human physiology is becoming the weakest link in these things on several levels. No pilot = smaller airframe, no life support, no need to mantain a deployed pilot overseas, probably much faster reaction times, ablity to perfom extreme G maneuvers that would incapacitate or kill a pilot, etc. Drones look more and more like the future of air combat.