F-35 Pilot: ‘I Didn’t Know If I Was Going To Be Able To Get Back’

Credit: Airman 1st Class Caleb Worpel/U.S. Air Force
Flying at about 35,000 ft. on a scorching Arizona day, the F-35 pilot noticed the oxygen flowing into his mask catch for just a split second. “That was odd,” he thought. At that moment, a high-pitched alarm rang, “deedle-deedle.” A caution light flashed in the cockpit, warning that the Onboard...

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