One could be forgiven for thinking that being a safety feature, fighter jet ejection seats were actually safe, but the reality is more nuanced.

While military aircraft are designed with safety in mind, they do have to operate in combat zones. In some cases, a pilot ...

U.S. forces raced to recover two airmen who ejected from an F-15E Strike Eagle after it was hit by enemy fire during ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An F-16 Thunderbird fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base crashed near China Lake in San Bernardino County, California, on Wednesday, according to the county’s fire ...

A South Korean F-16C fighter jet crashed this week during nighttime aerial training in Yeongju, about 125 miles southeast of Seoul. The aircraft, assigned to the South Korean air force’s Chungju Base, ...

A miliary pilot is miraculously alive after ejecting from an F-35 fighter jet just before it crashed north of Las Vegas on Tuesday. The unidentified pilot is from Nellis Air Force Base, according to a ...

The pilot of an F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter from Nellis Air Force Base safely ejected before the jet crashed Tuesday north of the base near Las Vegas, Nev. “Emergency responders are on scene, ...

The U.S. Marine Corps says one of its pilots has ejected from an F/A-18 jet in southern Japan, and search and rescue efforts are underway. It said the aircraft was on a regular training mission at the ...