An Air Force major could be seen rocketing into the air after a state-of-the-art military jet smashed into a Fort Worth runway earlier this month. In a matter of seconds, a parachute opened and the ...
October 7, 2022: The U.S. Air Force suffered a rare ejection seat failure in June 2020 in which the seat successfully ejected but the parachute did not deploy and the pilot died on impact. The widow ...
The ACES II ejection seat ensured that two US airmen shot down over Iran could make it safely to the ground—though this was only the first step in the rescue effort. A US Air Force F-15E was shot down ...
A newly developed ACES 5 ejection seat for the T-7A has been sled-tested to validate its new safety features. Credit: Collins Aerospace A convergence of new aircraft programs and retrofit plans are ...