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F-22 hypoxia under control

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F-22 hypoxia [lack of oxygen / altitude sickness] might have been caused by the inflatable vest worn by pilots to prevent damage to their lungs when they reach high altitudes. The F-22 Raptor can pull 9 Gs, subjecting the pilot to a force nine times the weight of gravity. “The vest was inflating every time

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