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HASC Panel Wants DoD Report on F-35 Pilot Breathing System

HASC Panel Wants DoD Report on F-35 Pilot Breathing System
Two F-35 Lightning IIs assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron from Hill AFB, Utah, sit on the flight line during a thunderstorm at Nellis AFB, Nev. on July 25. The 421st Fighter Squadron has been participating in Red Flag-Nellis 21-3, an air-to-air combat exercise near Las Vegas that tests participants’ capabilities to synchronize recent command and control enhancements in development between fifth generation fighters and joint partners (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) tactical air and land forces panel wants the Pentagon to submit a report on the pilot breathing system for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter after a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) report last November pointed to hypoxia-like incidents and cognitive impairments among F-35 pilots. The HASC tactical air and land forces panel's portion of the committee fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Bill requires Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in consultation with NASA Administrator…

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