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Article: Raptor program on standby after crash Air Force investigating aircraft's safety
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- Dayton Daily News
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- December 23, 2004
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The Air Force has stopped flying its F/A-22 Raptors while it
investigates the crash of one of the costly fighter jets in Nevada, a
spokesman said Wednesday.
The advanced Stealth jet crashed on takeoff late Monday from
Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The pilot ejected and suffered no
serious injuries, the Air Force said.
The Aeronautical Systems Center manages the $72 billion F/A-22
program at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, although it's directed
from Air Force headquarters at the Pentagon.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., a division of Lockheed Martin
Corp., assembles the F/A-22 in Marietta, Ga. Boeing makes the wings,
aft fuselage and other major parts, and Pratt & Whitney builds ...