Cascading F-22 Maintenance Mistakes Led to $2.7 Million Mishap
12 Jul 2021
Military.com | By Stephen Losey
A series of maintenance mistakes at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, led to an F-22 Raptor fighter overheating and sustaining $2.7 million in damage last October.
The advanced fifth-generation fighter was not destroyed and no one was injured in the incident, according to an accident investigation board report released Friday. But it was a Class A mishap, the most serious classification. F-22s cost an estimated $250 million each. Lockheed Martin stopped manufacturing the aircraft in 2012.
The Raptor was assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis, according to the Air Combat Command report; it was maintained by the 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
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