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 ...

Valerie Schmitz was used to her husband, David, training late at night as an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. But she didn't understand why, around midnight on ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...