UPDATE: T-45s back in air

The Navy will allow its fleet of T-45C Goshawk training jets to fly under modified conditions while it continues to determine causes for the lack of oxygen in some cockpits. About 200 of the T-45Cs were to resume flying as soon as April 17, U.S. Naval Air Forces commander Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker said in a released statement on April 15. The jets have been grounded for more than a week. Pilots have been concerned after seeing a spike in incidents in which some personnel weren’t getting enough oxygen. Some of those pilots had declined to fly. The Navy operates the T-45 trainers at Naval Air Stations Meridian, Miss.; Pensacola, Fla.; and Kingsville, Texas. Two T-45s are at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., where teams are taking apart and examining the jets. (Source: The AP 04/15/17)

UPDATE: The Navy resumed T-45 training flights at Pensacola, Meridian, Miss., and Kingsville, Texas, naval air stations on April 17 after a nearly week-long halt to flights due to pilots’ concerns about the jets' oxygen systems. The training may continue as long as pilots remain below 10,000 feet, which avoids the use of the questioned On Board Oxygen Generator System, the Navy said. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said April 17 that he was still concerned about the safety of pilots of the T-45C Goshawk. (Source: Pensacola News Journal 04/18/17)