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How Do Pilots Actually Eject From a Fighter Jet?

A civilian-owned Hawker Hunter fighter jet, acting as a “red air” adversary for the U.S. Navy, crashed into the Pacific off ...
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 ...
VAN BUREN TWP, MI - The owner and pilot of a 1981 MiG-23 plane that crashed during a 2023 air show is suing his passenger, ...
Pilot Daniel Filer and backseat observer Mark Ruff clash on whether ejecting from the MiG at the air show put the public at risk.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach-based Navy pilot was rescued from waters off the Virginia coast on Wednesday after ejecting from a fighter jet, according to the Navy. The pilot was flying a F/A ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A military ...
The crew of a Russian fighter jet ejected over Crimea after being shot down by their own side, says Ukraine ’s military. It ...
A U.S. Air Force F-35 pilot spent 50 minutes on an airborne conference call with Lockheed Martin engineers trying to solve a problem with his fighter jet before he ejected and the plane plunged to the ...
A Hawker Hunter owned by civilian contractor ATAC crashed into the sea off the Californian coast on Oct. 15. Despite local ...