F-22 Raptor Fighter Missing Above AK

An F-22 fighter aircraft has gone missing over the Alaskan wilderness. The military has started a search-and-rescue mission. Air traffic control lost all connection with the aircraft Tues night. The solitary pilot was on a "training mission". The stealth fighter didn't broadcast any mayday before losing contact.

Not able to find F-22 fighter aircraft

At approximately 7:40 p.m. Alaska time on Tues evening, an F-22 Raptor aircraft dropped connection with air traffic control. In Alaska is stationed the Elmendorf’s 3rd Wing which is where the solitary pilot is really a member. The last known location of the F-22 Raptor is being searched by search and rescue teams. Military helicopters are being used in the search. They are also utilizing a C-130 aircraft. At present, nobody has heard from the F-22 Raptor pilot. The plane is still missing.

Weather conditions didn’t impact whatever

While the missing F-22 Raptor was on a training mission above the Alaska wilderness, weather was not likely an issue. The National Weather conditions Service has reported that when the F-22 dropped connection with air traffic control, weather was "fair.". The pilot did not broadcast any indication that anything had gone wrong. The F-22 disappeared off the radar very easily.

F-22 Raptor manufacturing has actually been concluded

In Oct 2009, the production of F-22 Raptor planes halted. The U.S. government decided to stop military funding for these. The aircraft is used for intelligence, ground attack and stealth fighting. A less expensive aircraft that is more versatile has actually been replacing the F-22 Raptor slowly. This is the F-35. The F-22 is really a huge investment with $150 million an aircraft. The F-22 Raptor plane has been banned from U.S. exports. This signifies no other countries have the plane around. Searches for the missing Alaska F-22, which the Pentagon confirmed is "believed to be crashed" will continue.

Articles cited

CNN

edition.cnn.com/2010/US/11/17/alaska.plane.overdue/index.html?npt=NP1

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor

MSNBC

msnbc.msn.com/id/40231873/ns/us_news-security/