The incident happened during ground operations, and Capt. John Robertson succumbed to his injuries the next day. An Air Force instructor pilot is dead due to injuries sustained when an ejection seat ...

The pilot of a MiG-23 jet that crashed at the Thunder Over Michigan in 2023 is claiming the rear-seat pilot observer's decision to use the ejection system led to the crash, according to a report from ...

The pilot ejection seats made by Collins Aerospace have saved more than 700 lives in the 45 years the company has been producing them. The Advanced Concept Ejection Seats are installed on thousands of ...

As most people understand, the ejection sequence begins when the fighter pilot yanks an ejection handle, usually located either between the legs or above the head. The pulling of the handle triggers ...

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 ...

Three US F-15E fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait in the early hours of Monday (March 2) in an apparent friendly fire incident during Operation Epic Fury, the joint US-Israel campaign against ...

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 ...

A video leaked online shows security camera footage of the accidental ejection of an Airman while in the back seat of an F-15D. Few days ago we reported about the unusual incident at Barnes Air ...