In the world of attack helicopters, pilots are trapped in a vulnerable cockpit with no escape—until Russia engineered a ...

The pilot of a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds F-16C ejected safely Wednesday during a training mission in California – leaving the aviator in stable condition as officials began investigating the crash, ...

Key Points and Summary - A civilian-owned Hawker Hunter fighter jet, acting as a "red air" adversary for the U.S. Navy, crashed into the Pacific off Big Sur, California, this week. -The pilot, working ...

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 ...

At approximately 9:53 a.m. EDT, a pilot assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, ejected from an F/A-18E Super Hornet while operating off the coast of Virginia during a routine training flight, ...

Ejector seats are designed to be as safe as possible—but there are obvious inherent dangers in a rocket-powered ejection from a fast-moving aircraft. Ejecting from a fighter jet is a wrenchingly ...

As time has gone on, innovations in fighter jet technology have made “bubble cockpits” steadily more useful to pilots—and more expensive to maintain.