Últimos Raptors deixam Marietta
No dia 5 de maio de 2012, os últimos dois jatos F-22 Raptors produzidos pela Lockheed Martin Aeronautics em Marietta, na Georgia.
Os Raptors 193 e 195 juntaram-se aos outros F-22s na 3rd Wing da Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, no Alaska.
Os futuros pilotos deveriam ser voluntários, e se abrirem o bico, pé-na-bunda deles 🙂
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Pra voar uma máquina dessas eu aceito, pego um fôlego, prendo a respiração e vou!
“Pentagon restricts F-22 flights, safety a concern … In a letter to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, Panetta ordered that F-22 flights remain “within proximity of potential landing locations” so that pilots can land quickly in the event they experience an oxygen-deficit problem. Kirby said the specifics of those flight restrictions are to be set by individual F-22 pilots and commanders. Panetta also told Donley to accelerate the installation of an automatic backup oxygen system in each F-22. The first of those is to be ready for use by December, Kirby said. And the Pentagon chief ordered the Air Force… Read more »
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