Oxygen Problems Afflicted 297 Navy & Marine Hornets

Oxygen Problems Afflicted 297 Navy & Marine Hornets
Oxygen Problems Afflicted 297 Navy & Marine Hornets

CAPITOL HILL: It turns out Navy pilots like to breathe. That’s a potential problem in the Navy’s mainstay fighter, the F-18 Hornet, which is suffering failures of its On-Board Oxygen Generation System (OBOGS). While rare, a single case of in-flight oxygen deprivation could potentially kill the pilot, destroy a $30 million to $60 million aircraft, or…