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  2. ACES II - Wikipedia

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    The seat has been updated over the years through pre-planned product improvement programs to include digital sequencing, additional redundancy, enhance stability, limb restraints, structural upgrading, and passive head/neck restraints. The ACES II seat ejection injury rate is one of the lowest in the world as proven in over 600 live ejections.

  3. Ejection seat - Wikipedia

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    This system is also used in the T-6 Texan II and F-35 Lightning II. The ACES II Ejection seat commonly used on United States Air Force jets. Through-Canopy Penetration is similar to Canopy Destruct, but a sharp spike on the top of the seat, known as the "shell tooth", strikes the underside of the canopy and shatters it. The A-10 Thunderbolt II ...

  4. General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon - Wikipedia

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    [44] [91] The F-16's ACES II zero/zero ejection seat is reclined at an unusual tilt-back angle of 30°; most fighters have a tilted seat at 13–15°. The tilted seat can accommodate taller pilots and increases g-force tolerance; however, it has been associated with reports of neck aches, possibly caused by incorrect headrest usage. [92]

  5. Category:Ejection seats - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 22 January 2022, at 10:56 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Air Force pilot in Texas dies from ejection seat accident in ...

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    The accidental ejection took place at 1.55pm on Monday at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, and injured a member of the 80th Flying Training Wing, which trains pilots. The ...

  7. I flew in a Cold War-era jet that trained US fighter pilots ...

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    Over the next decade, he added two more T-33s, the Ace Maker II and Ace Maker III, the latter of which I flew in. ... The lever that operated the plane's rocket-powered emergency ejection seat ...

  8. Sheppard AFB pilot dies after ejection - AOL

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    "An Air Force instructor pilot with the 80th Flying Training Wing died early this morning from injuries sustained when their T-6A Texan II ejection seat activated during ground operations here May 13.

  9. Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor - Wikipedia

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    The ejection seat is a version of the ACES II commonly used in USAF aircraft, with a center-mounted ejection control. [189] The F-22 has a complex life support system , which includes the onboard oxygen generation system (OBOGS), protective pilot garments, and a breathing regulator/anti-g (BRAG) valve controlling flow and pressure to the pilot ...