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The Air Force will modify the handle that engages the emergency oxygen system in its entire fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets after a report found that it played a role in a crash that killed one of its top aviators.

Air Force to modify F-22 following fatal crash

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 10:44am

The Air Force will modify the handle that engages the emergency oxygen system in its entire fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets after a report found that it played a role in a crash that killed one of its top aviators.

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Rep. Rob Bishop speaks during a ceremony to open a new F-22 maintenance building at Hill Air Force Base Wednesday, January 12, 2012.(photo by Matthew Arden Hatfield)

HAFB unveils new F-22 maintenance hangar

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 3:18pm

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Before explaining the importance of the base’s new F-22 heavy maintenance facility, which was unveiled Thursday, Rep. Rob Bishop wondered aloud how long it would take to fill the 96,000-square-foot area with foam.

According to Col. Allan Day, 309th Maintenance Wing Commander, the answer is close to 90 seconds.

“It wouldn’t go all the way to the ceiling,” Day said of foam that would be dispensed from nozzles near the ceiling, installed in case of a fire. “The foam would just rise above the level of the plane.”

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FILE - This image provided by the US Navy shows an F/A-18C Hornet launching from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in this March 27, 2007 file photo. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman says military officials were searching and found a U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet similar to this one shown that went missing Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011 over the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. (AP Photo/US Navy photo - Paul J. Perkins, File)

Marines rescued after F/A-18 crashes off San Diego

Tony Perry Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, August 11, 2011 - 11:39am

SAN DIEGO -- Two Marine aviators were rescued early Thursday morning after their F/A-18D Hornet crashed into the ocean about 85 miles southwest of San Diego, the Coast Guard said.

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