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Eglin AFB: Pilots Fly Sorties Inside Chemical-Filled Cockpit
September 16, 2022
EGLIN AFB, Florida, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news:

By Samuel King Jr.

The 96th Test Wing's pilots completed multiple in-flight vapor purge tests in a F-15E Strike Eagle, here Aug. 16-18.

The tests were part of an overall Department of Defense effort, examining cockpit environmental conditions after a chemical weapon attack.

The goal of this latest test was to determine how long a chemi . . .

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