The review was meant to determine what factors lead to the incidents, including command, control, and communications, oxygen systems, cabin pressurization, proper maintenance, better monitoring of pilots, and other issues.
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran directed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Adm. Scott Swift to lead the review last April after the Navy grounded T-45 trainer aircraft at several Naval Air Stations.
The CR recommends establishing a single organization within the Navy to study and resolve PE incidents. The command, which is expected to be headed by a "more experienced aviation flag officer," will be responsible for redesigns of oxygen system equipment and the establishment of an integrated life support system program. The program would manage oxygen and cabin pressure systems and physiological monitoring.
Physiological episodes, which include hypoxia from oxygen deprivation, has become a serious issue with Naval and Air Force aviation. All F-35s at of Luke Air Force Base have been grounded indefinitely due to multiple reports of hypoxia, which accounts for over 25 percent of the fleet.
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