According to a letter from Secretary Panetta’s office – effective immediately – the F-22 Raptors have to stay close to potential landing zones.

Last week, we told you about two Langley pilots who were refusing to fly the F-22 raptors because they couldn’t rely on the oxygen supply. They suffered from dizziness, blackouts and other hypoxia symptoms in the cockpit.

The Air Force has been unable to determine the cause of the problem.

Today, in addition to the limits on flight distance, Panetta also ordered the Air Force to work faster to install an automatic backup oxygen system in every raptor.

He’s also ordering the Air Force to work with NASA and the Navy to get to the bottom of the mystery.

He wants a progress report from the Air Force every month.

Virginia Senator Mark Warner met with the whistleblower pilots last week and he wants more from the Pentagon.

Update: According to the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office, the missing 12-year-old has been found and is safe at home. 

He was located on the property of a family member that lives in the area. No one knows where he was the entire time until that point, but investigators are talking to him. 

Police believe that he may have run away. 

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The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office has suspended its search for a 12-year-old boy this evening due to the weather. 

Linnie “Trey” Cain, III was last seen in the front yard of his home on Big Bethel Road, in the Tabb area of York County.

According to a report on The Autism News website, more than a third of adults with autism have been bullied or discriminated against at work, the largest ever survey on the condition has found.

Of the individuals surveyed, 43 percent said they had left or lost a job because of their autism, the poll by the National Autistic Society (NAS) concluded.

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