Sunday, December 17, 2017
This Damaged F-22 Raptor Is Flying Again
Popular Mechanics: After Six Years, Damaged F-22 Raptor Will Fly Again
The incident highlights just how tough the stealth jet is.
Six years after an accident that nearly saw the jet written off, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor is about to take to the skies again. The fifth-generation fighter was damaged during a training mission in 2012 that sent it skidding thousands of feet down an air base runway. Now, after extensive repairs, the stealth jet is about to re-enter service.
The Raptor was damaged on May 31, 2012, when a trainee pilot was conducting touch and go landings at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. According to the Air Force Accident Investigation Board's findings, the pilot failed to accelerate the jet to military power and engaged “premature retraction of the landing gear.” Without enough thrust, the F-22, known by its USAF serial number 02-4037, fell back down to Earth and skidded on its belly for 2,800 feet. The pilot escaped from the damaged aircraft after it stopped, suffering only minor injuries. The pilot was reportedly only on his third flight in an F-22 when the accident occurred.
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WNU Editor: It may be a tough plane, but it still took years to repair it.
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2 comments:
It probably did not take 6 years to repair.
6 years, wow great for combat attrition lol. Imagine that world war 2 would have been finished when the spitfires were sent back into action.
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