Pictures: Pilot trapped for 5h in cockpit of USAF's new $135m F-22A Raptor after canopy jams

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A fire crew had to cut open the canopy of a US Air Force Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor fighter with chainsaws on 10 April to free the pilot, who had been trapped inside for 5h.

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