Each ejection seat is calibrated explicitly for its specific aircraft and mission profile. Collectively, they offer ...

ACES II is currently in service on more than 6,000 aircraft, including all F-15s and F-16s worldwide as well as the Air Force's A-10, F-22, B-1 and B-2. About Collins Aerospace ...

ACES 5® incorporates significant safety and cost saving upgrades compared to the legacy ACES II®, which is credited with saving more than 630 lives since being introduced in 1978.

There are currently 6,000 ACES II seats in service by 29 air forces worldwide, including the U.S. Air Force’s A-10, F-15, F-16, F-22, B-1 and B-2 fleets, as well as all F-15s and F-16s worldwide.

The seat technology has been kept current as the seat first entered service in the 1970s. The Aces II seat is also used in the F-15, F-16, F-22, F-117, A-10, B-1 and B-2. Over 10,000 have been ...

B-1 Crew Makes 'Emergency Landing' Request in Newly Released Audio Air Force Grounds Entire B-1 Bomber Fleet Over Ejection Seat Concerns B-1 Ejection Seat Failure Not Affecting Deployed Operations ...

The Air Force primarily uses the Collins Aerospace-made ACES II ejection seat in its legacy F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle, F-22 Raptor, A-10 Thunderbolt II, B-1 Lancer and B-2 ...

The Air Force largely uses Collins Aerospace’s ACES II ejection seats across most of its fighter and bomber fleets. The Navy has another version, the NACES common ejection seat, made by Martin ...

BFGoodrich Aerospace, Charlotte, N.C., reports it has completed separate contract negotiations with the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin in multi-year buys of its ACES II ejection seat totaling ...

The ACES II ejection seat has helped save more than 650 lives since it was first introduced in 1978 and has a spinal injury rate of less than one percent. ACES II is currently in service on more ...

October 7, 2022: The U.S. Air Force suffered a rare ejection seat failure in June 2020 in which the seat successfully ejected but the parachute did not deploy and the pilot died on impact. The widow ...