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Navy grounds almost 200 T-45 training jets

USA Today: KINGSVILLE, Texas — The Navy has halted T-45 jet flight training at at least three bases across the USA after instructors complained about the aircrafts' oxygen systems, officials said Wednesday.

More than 100 instructor pilots refused to fly the McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk training jets because of an increase in episodes of lack of oxygen or contaminants in the oxygen systems, according to Fox News. The problems make pilots lightheaded and can cause blackouts.

Training at naval air stations in Kingsville, about 30 miles southwest of Corpus Christi, Texas; Meridian, Miss., about 100 miles east of Jackson, Miss.; and Pensacola, Fla., is affected, Lt. Leslie Hubbell, assistant public affairs officer for Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, said in email.

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