Pilot Breathing Issues Prompt Changes To F-35 Mask, Vest

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland—The U.S. Air Force is making changes to F-35 flight equipment to make breathing easier for pilots, as the Pentagon continues searching for a root cause of five hypoxia-like cockpit incidents in the new fighter at an Arizona Air Force base this summer. First, the Air Force...

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