Raptor glitches being fixed

Posted on: Mar. 6th, 2007 || Source: honoluluadvertiser.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

The Air Force says it is fixing technological glitches in roughly 87 F-22A Raptor fighter jets after several aircraft computer systems were disabled after they flew out of Hawaii.

The six stealth fighter jets — built by prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. and partner Boeing Co. — were participating in an inaugural 12-hour test flight from Hickam Air Force Base to Kadena Air Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa on Feb. 10 when a "navigation anomaly" maimed several computer systems on the aircraft, an Air Force colonel said.

It was the Raptor's first overseas deployment. The aircraft had flown from Langley Air Force Base, Va.

The Air Force plans to base 20 of the fighter aircraft at Hickam starting in late 2010.

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