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Defense Tech: Software Glitch Delays Deployment of F-22As to Japan

F-22A Raptor

A software glitch has delayed the deployment to Japan of 12 U.S. Air Force F22A Raptor stealth fighters, the Air Force said Tuesday.

The stealth fighters were originally due to arrive at the U.S. Air Force’s Kadena base in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture on Saturday, but that was postponed a day due to bad weather. En route to Japan the next day from Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii, they turned back because of a problem with the navigation software on the aircraft, said John Monroe, an Air Force spokesman at Kadena.

Precise details of the problem and the number of aircraft affected weren’t known by the base. Typically, all 12 planes would turn back if only one developed a problem, he said.

posted by Fergie @ 2/13/2007 09:41:00 AM