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To: pfflier

F/A-18 pilots are reporting the same issue.
They recently flew three pilots off a carrier so they could undergo treatment in a decompression chamber.


8 posted on 04/05/2017 8:27:05 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE
I stand corrected on the F/A-18 Super Hornets. I guess the super Hornets use a similar OBOGS as the F-22. Memory tells me the A/C variants still use LOX.

Seems to me a hypobaric chamber would be used for decompression issues and not hypoxia. Hypoxia is usually self remediating if O2 is returned.

I dreaded the annual altitude chamber certification because of the mighty headache to follow.

13 posted on 04/05/2017 10:01:22 AM PDT by pfflier
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