Fear Of Losing Oxygen Puts U.S. Fighter Pilots On Edge

Looking around the cockpit of his familiar F/A-18 Hornet, a former pilot recalls a terrifying realization: “I just remember looking around the airplane thinking, man, I’m not completely certain I know how to fly this airplane anymore.” The pilot was flying about 20,000 ft. above the ground, not...

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