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U.S. Air Force Reopens Next-Generation Ejection Seat Program for the F-16
The U.S. Air Force is reopening its NGES (Next-Generation Ejection Seat) competition for the F-16, the results of which might also cover the F-22 Raptor and the B-1B Lancer. The development comes ...
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F-16 Sortie Tests Writer’s Mettle On Supersonic Training Mission
a 45-year-old with 2,300 hours in the F-16, and I were to be under the same canopy cockpit glass - he in front, me directly behind - we each had command of our own ejection seat. Test pilot Col.
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U.S. Air Force Opens Competition for F-16 Ejection Seat Program
The U.S. Air Force is revising its approach to the Next-Generation Ejection Seat (NGES) program by introducing competition for the F-16 platform and potentially other aircraft in the future. The move ...
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USAF to re-open competition for Next-Generation Ejection Seat fleet modernisation
The company already supplies its US18E ejection seat for Lockheed’s current Block 70/72 production standard of the F-16, and also provides the US16E for the airframer’s fifth-generation F-35.