{"id":16927,"date":"2018-02-27T22:43:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T22:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/27\/air-force-t-6s-resume-flying-after-hypoxia-like-scares\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:24:32","slug":"air-force-t-6s-resume-flying-after-hypoxia-like-scares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2018\/02\/27\/air-force-t-6s-resume-flying-after-hypoxia-like-scares\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force T-6s resume flying after hypoxia-like scares"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Air Force resumed flying its T-6 Texan II<\/a> training aircraft Tuesday after a rash of hypoxia-like scares grounded them for nearly a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But while the Air Force is homing in on what led to the physiological problems<\/a>, the final root cause has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 19th Air Force grounded its T-6 fleet Feb. 1 after 13 pilots at three bases<\/a> experienced \u201cunexplained physiological events\u201d during the last week of January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AETC said that the incidents were different from \u201cclassic hypoxia\u201d \u2015 a condition that occurs when someone has too little oxygen in their body, putting them at risk of becoming confused, faint or even passing out. But the release did not offer any more details about the events pilots experienced, and how they differed from hypoxia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, commander of the 19th Air Force, ordered the grounding lifted after the Air Force \u2015 along with experts from the Navy, NASA and medical specialties \u2015 collected and analyzed data from pilots who experienced the problems and their aircraft. The Air Force also studied the Navy\u2019s similar experiences with its T-45 Goshawk.<\/p>\n\n\n\t