With combat aircraft flying at very high altitudes, the loss of cabin pressure, for whatever reason, subjects the crew to a very high possibility of getting decompression sickness. In such situations, they need to descend and land immediately. Early recompression is the best method to supply high dosages of oxygen to the pilot and the presence of a Hyperlite hyperbaric stretcher on base, one of the easiest means to achieve this, due to its small size, weight and its portability. The longer the delay in recompressing, the worse the situation may become.
