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 ...
A Taiwanese Air Force F-16V fighter jet crashed into the sea during a routine training mission off the northeastern coast of ...
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's air force on Tuesday said it suspected a pilot had ejected from an F-16V fighter jet at 7:29 pm local time during a routine training mission in the island's eastern Hualien county ...
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Why modern fighter jets cannot simply drop bombs

Early bombers relied on gravity to release their weapons, but modern fighter jets travel too fast for that approach to work ...
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Why do fighter jet canopies look so weird?

As time has gone on, innovations in fighter jet technology have made “bubble cockpits” steadily more useful to pilots—and ...
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A ROCAF F-16V Block 20 crashed off Hualien during a night training flight. The pilot remains missing as SAR crews search in ...