Aerospace Firm Pays $1.5M for Pushing Shoddy Ejection Seat Parts

Teledyne Electronic Safety Products (Teledyne ESP), an aerospace and defense electronics company based in Chatsworth, ...
Yahoo

An F-16 pilot died when his ejection seat failed. Was it counterfeit?

This story is part of the portfolio that won the 2023 Society for Professional Journalists Dateline Award for beat reporting in a newsletter or trade publication. An Air Force investigation of a fatal ...
AZFamily

Air Force instructor pilot killed when ejection seat activated on the ground

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the turboprop aircraft was still on the ground at a Texas military base, the Air Force said Tuesday.
Standard-Examiner

Ejection seat issue grounds Air Force’s F-35 jets

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force has grounded its F-35 fighter jets for an inspection of an issue with ejection seat firing mechanisms. The Air Combat Command, based at Langley, Virginia, said ...
Flying

F-35As Resume Operations After Stand Down for Ejection Seat Inspections

A temporary grounding of US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters due to faulty ejection seat parts has been resolved. Inspections of over 700 cartridges revealed only four suspect parts, which were ...
Stars and Stripes

Here’s how the ejection seat worked when an F-35 jet crash-landed in Fort Worth

(Tribune News Service) — An Air Force major could be seen rocketing into the air after a state-of-the-art military jet smashed into a Fort Worth runway earlier this month. In a matter of seconds, a ...