Rip out the OBOGS system, throw a basic LOX system in.....or as we say in the naval aviation community..."take 20psi our of the port strut, change a check valve, any check valve add holy water, duct tape....check hyds...launch it it"...just kidding but I am serious about the LOX

any one that has been a wrench turner on the birds built by 10 pound brains know that the fix is going to come down to some airman finding the 20 cent repair....or as prefer to say..it take a GED to fix what a college degree messed up

AME's always hated the OBOGS system when i was in hornets...went to the E-2/C-2 community the never had an issue with the simple plain Jane LOX bottles

I wonder what John Boehner has to say about this in relation to blocking defense cuts.

F*cK the Military. Time to have a bake sale to build a death machine.

The AF needs to be cut by 75% in fact all military cut by at least 50%.

This should please the Republicans as it makes for a smaller government. IDIOTS

throw a couple more billions of the tax payers money at it, and everything will be all right. in this day and age do we really need manned fighters? and what the h**l the U.S does not have any intention of winning any war its involved in any way, scrap the thing and give every U.S citizen a cool million for all the crap they have done to us hard working middle class people.

"At least 22 pilots have suffered from oxygen deprivation while in flight since April 2008."

Most members of congress appear to have gone without adequate oxygen for YEARS, how big an issue can this be?

Over $400 million for each (defective) plane. Wow. Remember a few weeks ago when an investigation was launched and heads rolled because of the GSA's $800,000 convention expense?

Made in China.

I can't imagine why our government is always broke and wanting more taxes.

Here's my point.. WE put the P 51 mustang in service in 117 days. We got a problem with 02 then call the boys at the skunk works they will figure it out and make it work at little to no cost to the tax payer. we've been putting people in the air. faster farther and longer than anyone else. quit bitchi'n and find a solution!

We borrowed money from China to build fighter jets to protect us from the Chinese. Is this country F***** up, or what ? We cant build new railroads and highways and take care of our elderly, but we can piss money away on fighter jets.

The manufacturer says there is no problem...there is a problem!!!

You pay 143 million dollars for one stinking airplane,yet you dunn me for $300 back taxes you @!$%#s.

America should wake up. Why do we need an airplane nearly $400M a piece to fight a war that is yet to come? Deterrent? I can not buy it--You can create all the deterrent you can with nuclear missiles.

To fight conventional war, upgraded F-16, F-15, F-18 will do the job. As someone who researches about military fighter jets, these planes are damn good to fight the middle east wars or central european wars.

I think all should begin to critically think about cost, performance and why we have all these weapon systems. Just drinking the superpower cool aid and living in the past dreams would not help us...

Do you honestly think that China and Russia unilaterally go for war with us? They know better. Russia's capabilities are poor after USSR break up and the Chinese military power is still growing.

But wake up, chinese are winning the Economic and Manufacturing war! The future war is not military war in the conventional sense of occupying land and people, but economic and manufacturing war. Whoever has the low cost, skilled manufacturing base is going to be the growing power, like China is now. We just lost all that power we had because of our obsession with superpower and advanced weaponry etc. Do not get me wrong, I support the military but some of these weapon systems are way into the fantasy land like Avengers movie...Let us get realistic and think about the un employed, poor and the eroding manufacturing base and the greedy wall street investment baking system..

here's a thought..I'm a diver..why not just have a pony bottle?..basically a reserve tank of simple air..start feeling woozy switch to garden variety "air" (the cockpit is pressurized right?)..and land the plane

..no fancy we're gonna make our own air at 35,ooo feet stuff liquid oxygen nonsense

Pilots are probably all dimocraps! That would explain the "light headedness"!

This whole issue begs the question; “How can an aircraft such as the F-22 go through OT&E and into production without such an issue arising?” Is this issue a design flaw and if so will Lockheed Martin foot the bill? Was the government review(s) of the design and OT&E parameters insufficient and if so will those within the government, at all levels, be held responsible and their pay garnished until the automatic “backup” oxygen system has been paid for? Everyone does realize the term “automatic backup oxygen system” probably means “we installed/developed an insufficient system” therefore we are going to put a bandage on it for now which the tax payer will pay for and bye the way expect another bill later for a so called permanent
fix. Oversights’ (not following proven process and lack of quality) is nothing new especially when it deals with ANYTHING the government/politicians are involved. Does anyone recall the initial issues with the Bradley Fighting Vehicle and on-going issues with the CV-22? What about the current cost overruns and issues with the F-35? What about the cost overrun issues already surfacing with the KC-46 which is not fully off the drawing board yet? WHEN WILL WE HOLD THE POLITICANS (FEDERAL, STATE, and LOCAL), GOVERNMENT OFFICALS (PROGRAM MANAGERS and their OFFICALS, GENERALS and their EXECUTIVE OFFICERS and STAFF), and COMPANY EXECUTIVES (CEOs, VPs, and MANAGERS) accountable? Be assured if ANY of the above mentioned had to pay for something out of their own pocket there would not be as many issues. The sad part is they have yet to figure out as a tax payer they are paying for it. But they don’t care as long as their pockets are lined. So much for ETHICS TRAINING……..

Let's see....... How about we limit the F22 to 10,000' AGL or below to eliminate the hypoxia potential. It makes as much sense as some of the fixes already suggested by the so-called DoD experts,

They should have selected Northrop's YF-23 over the F-22 after the Advanced Tactical Fighter competition back in '91. It was stealthier and faster.

143 million apiece and the pilots can't breathe. What a piece of crap. Go drones.

The problem is likely related to the crafts' unusual capabilities ! It probably climbs faster,certainly accerates at a quicker rate and the speed it actually flies ,combine to create the problem!

I'm positive there is some political reason behind this announcement! Can't figure it out but I bet in the next few days something will pop up!What could it be! the future production of the plane has already been stopped so Berrie can't claim he cutting defense spending.

Add one more chapter to what appears to be a general deterioration of our military. Earlier reports have Marines selling military equipment. Now this. Doesn't it indicate something's wrong when the superior officers of these pilots didn't have the intelligence or foresight to take their word and investigate, especially since they couldn't find an answer and instead just blithely told the pilots to keep flying? It had to take their public disclosure for someone to do something? Bestween the urinating on bodies and destroying Korans and all the other crap going on there is something definitely wrong.

There were earlier reports that mechanics and ground personnel experienced similar 'wooziness'. Maybe it's not oxygen deprivation. Maybe it's fumes from some other material or process in the engine or airframe.

Anyway, at nearly a half BILLION per copy, the manufacturer can sort this out, and not on the taxpayer's dime, either.

Another must have critical weapon system It should fly with the V22 but wait, we need to keep funding these systems to protect our country, the industrial base.

I see the hate America and hate the U.S. Military crowd is out in full force on this story. Maybe NBC and msnbc should have ran a follow up on how the money could have been better spent on Jose and his family- free meds, med care, food stamps, free child care, etc,etc,etc,etc. If you people paid attention to such things you would know that all new weapons systems have teething problems that have to be worked out. You all are just showing everyone how simpleminded and out of touch with the real world you really are. Pathetic.