Investigators identified ejection seat failure as a partial cause of an F-16 crash that killed 1st Lt. David Schmitz, 32, in June 2020. A team of T-6A Texan II's fly over Texas. (Department of ...

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 ...

Investigators identified ejection seat failure as a partial cause of an F-16 crash that killed 1st Lt. David Schmitz, 32, in June 2020. In 2018, ...

An Air Force instructor pilot has died after the ejection seat on his aircraft activated while the plane was operating on the ground, officials said. The incident occurred on Monday at Sheppard ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — An Air Force instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the jet was still on the ground at a Texas military base, the Air Force said Tuesday. The ...

An Air Force instructor pilot died Tuesday after the ejection seat of the plane he was in activated while the aircraft was on the ground, Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas said.

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 8:00 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2022, with more information from the ejection seat manufacturer. The Pentagon hasn’t found any defective ejection seat parts on ...

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — An Air Force instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the aircraft was on the ground at a military base in Wichita Falls, officials say. The ...

An Air Force instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the turboprop aircraft was still on the ground at a Texas military base, the Air Force said Tuesday.

Air Force pilot dies after aircraft ejection seat goes off while on the ground. A full Air Force Safety Investigation Board is expected to be in place shortly. By Jon Haworth. May 15, 2024, 2:16 AM.

The Air Force says an instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the turboprop aircraft was still on the ground at a Texas military base. Skip to main content.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the jet was still on the ground at a Texas military base, the Air Force said Tuesday. The ...