Is the F-22's Stealth 'Skin' The Cause For It's Problems?

F-16 Co-Designer Blames Stealth ‘Skin' For F-22 Problems -- News Herald

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — A man who helped design the F-16 says the problem that grounded the F-22 for several months last year isn’t the oxygen system.

Pierre Sprey, who helped develop the A-10 and F-16 jets, said he believes the glues that hold the F-22 stealth “skin” in place is emanating chemicals that are making the pilots sick.

According to Sprey, the Air Force has overlooked, or ignored, the potential stealth skin problems because it has not been able to test successfully for adhesive toxins in the pilot’s bloodstream. He said the Air Force doesn’t talk about the stealth adhesives because the chemical makeup of the compounds that make up the stealth skin are considered “classified information.”

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My Comment: I hope Pierre Sprey is wrong .... but if true (which explains why some on the ground have gotten sick) .... will put the entire F-22 fleet into question.

Update: The Nightmare Continues for the F-22 -- Strategy Page