F-22 Class A misshap at Tyndal AFB, page

An F-22 being flown by a student pilot on his second sortie suffered $2M in damage in an undisclosed incident. The pilot was transitioning to the Raptor from another type, and was flying last Thursday evening when the incident occured. He had completely simulator and academic work prior to flying. The life support system was NOT involved, the Air Force confirmed.

A Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor from Tyndall AFB, Florida, was damaged last Thursday evening during a training flight, the US Air Force confirms.

While the pilot is safe, the aircraft suffered more than $2 million in damage-which classifies the incident as a Class A mishap. The full extent and cost of the damage has yet to be determined, but the service expects that the aircraft will be repaired.

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reply to post by Zaphod58

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I can imagine this isn't going to help the pilot's budding career any. I haven't heard of student pilot mishaps, Thanks for sharing.

reply to post by Zaphod58

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Ouch.
Well, maybe he can blame it on the O2 problem.

reply to post by StellarX

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The only reason that they increased it to $2M for a Class A is so that certain organizations could point to the safety record of their aircraft and say "Look! We went all year without a Class A mishap." (USMC V-22s) But ANY mishap involving a stealth is almost guaranteed to be a Class A mishap, regardless of what it is.

reply to post by darkhorserider

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He probably won't even be doing that much. Usually when something like this happens, they transfer to Maintenance or Ops, or something along those lines.

reply to post by Zaphod58

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I was second-guessing my reply as soon as I posted it. From what my Airforce buddies have said in the past. Flying a C-130 takes one of the more skillful pilots. Short takeoff and runway zones, heavy loads, and less than ideal conditions are the norm for the C-130 crews.

In fact, a pilot once told me that the best pilots with the best physiologies get the fast and most maneuverable fighter jets. The best pilots, with less favorable physiologies get the C-130's and other slower, yet difficult platforms to fly, and often times some of the worst pilots end up in some of the coolest long-range aircraft like the B2 and and other bombers. Those are usually long-term, boring, uneventful flights, with larger crews handling the targeting and bombing runs, and they don't require the skill level of a guy landing a huge cargo plane on a dirt strip in Africa.

Seems kind of unfair, but I see the logic behind it. Have you heard anything like that?

reply to post by darkhorserider

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I hadn't actually heard that, but it made perfect sense once I read it. The most stressful thing a B-2 pilot should have to deal with is flying around storms, taking off, and landing. I've always said that C-130 pilots are some of the best pilots I've seen though.

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