F-22A crashes at Tyndall, pilot ejects

[Dreamfighter]

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/f-22-crashes-at-tyndall-pilot-safe-379091/

Pilot ejects safely ... One F-22 less in the inventory

 

[chuck4]

Could any of the preproduction development airframes be remanufactured into service airframes?

 

[Archibald]

Another one bite the dust. The Air Force wallet aches a lot. Sure, with an overall batch of 187 aircraft, any airframe is precious.

 

[VTOLicious]

Another one bite the dust. The Air Force wallet aches a lot. Sure, with an overall batch of 187 aircraft, any airframe is precious.

Bad news...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1261349649224474625

 

[FighterJock]

Another one bite the dust. The Air Force wallet aches a lot. Sure, with an overall batch of 187 aircraft, any airframe is precious.

Bad news...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1261349649224474625

Anyone know what caused the crash? Or will that be investigated later. It is bad news that there will be two less F-22s in the force.

 

[Deino]

... "two less"???

 

[TomcatViP]

second crash

 

[FighterJock]

... "two less"???

The first crash was back in 2011 and the cause was put down to pilot asphyxiation. The problem was down to the oxygen valve on the pilot's G-suite, which has now been fixed.

 

[TomS]

FWIW, F-22 losses per 100,000 flight hours are substantially lower than the F-15, for example. Dramatically lower than the F-16 over the type's lifetime.

Aviation Statistics

 

[bobbymike]

I keep a running total since cancellation. Based on the proposal to ramp up to 40 airframes a year we’d be sitting with over 600 by my estimate.