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 ...

F-16s have been supplied to Ukraine and the jet is widely used by air forces across the globe, including those of NATO states ...

Captain Christopher Stricklin ejected from an F-16 on September 14, 2003. Note the rocket blast from the ejection seat firing, and the canopy, which was blown well clear of the aircraft beforehand.

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.

Fortunately, ejection seats saved all four crew members ... bomber a radar cross-section in the ballpark of a much smaller F-16 fighter.