Interesting EA-18G flight...

Man…sounds pretty hairy. I’m surprised there is no way to isolate the ECS system, like pull a breaker or something. I have no idea how the ECS works in a Hornet…whether it uses a little ACM (air cycle machine) or what, but whatever controls or backups surely must have failed.

“The temperature inside the cockpit suddenly plunged to temperatures reaching -30 degrees and a mist pumped into the the cockpit, covering the instruments and windows in a layer of ice, rendering the pilots almost completely blind, according to several sources familiar with the incident and an internal report obtained by Defense News.”

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Also the linked article about the cockpit overpressuration.

That overpressure incident that the article references sounds like a nightmare.

Navy’s been having a heck of a time the last few years with the Hornet’s ECS and OBOGS.

Yes. To the point that I think there was a mini-mutiny down in Pensacola or somewhere recently…

The Pla(i)ne Mutiny?

I’ll see myself out

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A guess a mini-update (from Oct of last year) on the ongoing issues in the T-45 fleet…