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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

T-6s at Randolph remain grounded after crash

The fleet of T-6A Texan II trainers at the 12th Operations Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in Texas remain grounded, two days after one of the aircraft crashed.

By Stephen Losey

5 years ago

Air Force suspends solo T-6 trainer flights over hypoxia fears

The 19th Air Force has suspended all solo flights in T-6 Texan trainer aircraft ― both for students and instructor pilots ― over concerns about hypoxia and other so-called unexplained physiological events.

By Stephen Losey

5 years ago

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