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Escape system problem causes T-7 deliveries to slip to end of 2025
It's the latest slide in the T-7's schedule, and means the first deliveries will happen at least two years later than anticipated.
Air Force grounds F-35As as ejection seat issue threatens fighter jets worldwide
Air Combat Command aims to finish checking its F-35As for faulty ejection seats by mid-October.
Jet ejection seat, breathing system oversight strengthened in defense bill
The provisions of the defense policy bill aim to prevent further deaths and injuries among military pilots.
Draken F1 fleet returns to flight after fatal crash at Nellis
“We are checking, double-checking and triple-checking everything,” a Draken spokesperson said July 29.
3 members of Russian bomber air crew killed by ejection system glitch
The crew of a Tu-22M3 long-range bomber was preparing for a training mission when its ejection system malfunctioned and accidentally shot the crew out.
Navy vet Mark Kelly defeats Air Force vet Martha McSally in Arizona for McCain’s Senate seat
Democrat Mark Kelly, a former astronaut and naval aviator, won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain. Kelly defeated Sen. Martha McSally, a former Air Force combat pilot.
Arctic survival: Eielson F-35s get new kits for ejected pilots
The new kits will ultimately go in all Eielson F-35s, and possibly allied nations who also fly the F-35 in cold climates.
Trump’s former doctor, a retired Navy admiral, wins House GOP nomination in Texas
President Donald Trump’s former White House physician and onetime pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in Texas in an election that unfolded amid an alarming spread of the coronavirus.
F-16 pilot ejects at Kunsan with minor injuries; flights suspended
A board of officers has convened to investigate the incident.
B-1 Lancer readiness is in the toilet, here’s why
A House Armed Services subcommittee says the number of fully mission-capable B-1 bombers is now in single digits.
Defense firm’s ‘excess profits’ land in Congress’s crosshairs
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is probing excess profits by defense contractor TransDigm.
By Joe Gould