KAAN's Ejection Seat at Tests
Turkish Fighter KAAN passed its first ejection seat test, carried out in the United Kingdom,
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USAF F-35A Resumes Flights, Ejection Seat Inspections Completed
The US Air Force (USAF) has confirmed its entire fleet of F-35A stealth fighter jets are back in the air, and there are no more problems with ejection seats. Previously, the USAF temporarily suspended all F-35A operations for inspections due to malfunctioning cartridge actuated devices (CAD) which put the pilot’s life in an emergency. The USAF inspected a total of 706 cartridges out of 349 F-35As. The USAF had tested 2,700 F-35 ejection seat cartridges and discovered three failures.
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Ejection Seat Malfunction Grounds Eurofighters
The German, British and Spanish air forces suspended Typhoon flights due to a statement from Martin-Baker's notification about the Mk16A-EF ejection seat.
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A Royal Air Force F-35B Plane Has Crashed into the Mediterranean
According to a tweet from the UK Defence Ministry, a British F-35B crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday morning while operating off the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
