Amid F-22 Oxygen Deprivation Claims, Lockheed Martin Praises Fleet On Twitter

What would you do if your product or service was publicly criticized on 60 Minutes, highlighting life-threatening safety concerns? Well, if you were Lockheed Martin, you’d take to Twitter and launch an offensive touting all the good about your product (in this case, F-22 jets) and apparently ignore the rest!

Did you see the 60 Minutes special covering the alleged oxygen deprivation problem plaguing Lockheed Martin’s F-22s? Lesley Stahl reported a story last night telling us that “the Raptor – the most expensive fighter ever – has been plagued by a mysterious flaw that causes its pilots to become disoriented while at the controls from a lack of oxygen.”

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