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Originally Posted by mapuc
I do not have the book anymore.
History of US air force.
I seem to recall there was huge problems with F-15 Eagle or was it F-14 Tomcat. It was one of these who had lots of childhood diseases.
Markus
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Just off the top of my head:
F-14A- Engine stalls at critical angles of attack.
F-16A- Critical gyro for computer control would snap its rotor under high G loading causing total failure of the flight control computer. Faulty O2 system.
F-22A- "Faulty" O2 system/oxygen mask and regulator causing pilot to black out. Speculation was that the F-22 routinely operated at much higher altitude than previous fighters.