Latest "hypoxia" stories

Staff Sgt. Kimberly May, noncommissioned officer in charge of aerospace and operations physiology for the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, operates a hypoxia-familiarization trainer at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 11, 2019. May and her team of five train aircrew by using a reduced oxygen breathing device (ROBD) to detect the signs of hypoxia during flight. Hypoxia is a condition caused by a lack of oxygen that can lead to injury to personnel, damage to Air Force assets and death. (Senior Airman Dennis Spain/Air Force)

The Air Force is fighting in-flight physiological issues but can’t end them, Pentagon watchdog says

“All occupations have some hazards that cannot be eliminated.”

By Rachel S. Cohen

19 months ago

How the Air Force halved T-6 hypoxia cases in 2019

Pilots flying the T-6 trainer had 41 hypoxia-like episodes in 2019.

By Stephen Losey

3 years ago

Air Force won’t meet pilot training goal in 2020

If the Air Force hits its new pilot production goal, it would be just a slight increase from last year.

By Stephen Losey

3 years ago

Pilot training recovers in 2019, after hypoxia fixes put in place

A series of hypoxia problems grounded T-6s in fiscal 2018 and hurt the Air Force's effort to train new pilots.

By Stephen Losey

3 years ago

Breathing easier: After years of T-6 hypoxia scares, the Air Force thinks it has the fix

The Air Force is rolling out a series of fixes that it thinks will solve the problem once and for all — and may have already started cutting down on hypoxia and hypoxia-like incidents

By Stephen Losey

4 years ago

New in 2019: Fixing the hypoxia problem — once and for all

The Air Force has pinpointed the cause of an alarming series of hypoxia-like incidents in its T-6 Texan II trainers throughout 2018. In the year ahead, the service will continue working on correcting those problems — for good.

By Stephen Losey

4 years ago