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Navy/USMC

Committee Leaders Request T-45C Assessment Information

Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

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Committee Leaders Request T-45C Assessment Information

A T-45C Goshawk training jet approaches an aircraft carrier. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy)

The leaders of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces have requested additional assessment information on the U.S. Navy’s T-45C Goshawk trainer jets as the Navy investigates problem with the aircraft.Following the Navy grounding its fleet of T-45Cs in mid-April due to physiological episodes in cockpits caused by contamination of the aircraft’s onboard oxygen generation system (OBOGS), the service tapped U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Scott Swift to lead a review team on the issue. The…

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