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.

Military safety investigators said the ejection and crash of an F-35B stealth fighter in South Carolina's Williamsburg County ...

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But in most cases, ejection-seat technology is the difference ... This initiates the seat's rocket boosters, which propel the pilot 100 to 200 feet upward. Sensors within the seat measure the ...

New information about serious and potentially dangerous deficiencies with the emergency ejection system on the U.S. Air Force ...

As a tactical fighter aircraft, the F-5N accommodates a pilot only in a pressurized, heated and air conditioned cockpit and rocket-powered ejection seat while the F-5F is a two-seat combat ...