First Lt. David Schmitz, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot at South Carolina’s Shaw Air Force Base, died June 30, 2020, when his ejection seat malfunctioned as he tried to escape from a failed ...

T he 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.

On May 6, 2023, Air Force Capt. Trent Meisel had just begun his sortie in South Korea when a few minor malfunctions in his F-16 seemed to multiply. He was about 70 miles from the demilitarized ...

Collins ACES seats are installed in U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolts, F-15 Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-22 Raptors, B-1 Lancers, and B-2 Spirit fleets, as well as all F-15s and F-16s worldwide ...

An F-16 fighter jet had an emergency while flying over Michigan and needed to drop two fuel tanks. One exploded in a lake, and the other landed in a parking lot.

The F-16’s pilot was a B Course instructor with 700 flight hours. ... sensors in the ejection seat automatically deployed the pilot’s parachute as soon as he ejected.

It's technology, aptly called Advanced Concept Ejection Seat (ACES) first came to be in the 1970s, and it is currently used in a large number of military aircraft, including the A-10, F-15, F-16 ...

The U.S. Air Force is pushing forward with a significant upgrade to its fleet of F-16 jet fighters as part of a modernization effort aimed at enhancing the safety and capabilities of the aircraft.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a lightweight air-to-air fighter built for the USAF in the 1970s. It was first delivered in 1978 but is still in production today.

At the time, all F-35 ejection seats, including the Navy and Marine Corps variants, were inspected, ... much like the role the F-16 Flying Falcon was designed to fill decades ago. ...