Investigators identified ejection seat failure as a partial cause of an F-16 crash that killed 1st Lt. David Schmitz, 32, in June 2020. READ ON THE FOX NEWS APP In 2018, four members of a B-1 ...

Captain Christopher Stricklin ejected from an F-16 on September 14, 2003. Note the rocket blast from the ejection seat firing, and the canopy, which was blown well clear of the aircraft beforehand.

LAST DECEMBER, WHEN AN airman on a mission to Afghanistan initiated the ejection sequence on ... For example, F-22s, which use the ACES II seat, will sometimes cruise at 50,000 feet, where there ...