Action movies usually depict ejecting from a fighter jet as a badass way to escape certain death at the hands of an airborne enemy. Sure, "Top Gun" reminded us that ejecting can involve danger, but ...

Ejector seats are designed to be as safe as possible—but there are obvious inherent dangers in a rocket-powered ejection from a fast-moving aircraft. Ejecting from a fighter jet is a wrenchingly ...

It is a live or die decision that no fighter pilot ever wants to make — and it needs to happen in milliseconds. Pulling a jet's emergency ejection lever sets off a chain of unstoppable events. In an ...

Two Air National Guard fighter jets clipped each other’s wings midair, forcing one of the pilots to eject into the ocean and be rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter a few hours later off the Virginia ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX5/KUSI) – A U.S. fighter jet shot down over Iranian territory set off a high-risk rescue mission that military officials are calling one of the most complex operations in recent ...

In a harrowing operation over nearly two days, hundreds of U.S. troops rescued the two crew members of an F-15E Strike Eagle after they ejected from their jet, which was shot down during a combat ...