The F-15 crashed on Wednesday morning ... "At that time they discovered evidence that our pilot did not eject from the aircraft. We have transitioned from a search and rescue effort to a recovery ...

In this interactive, find out what an F-15 fighter pilot wears in the air and what he carries in case he must eject.—Lexi Krock Marty Richard, call sign OPUS, has been an F-15 pilot for 12 years.

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Narrator: That's Lt. Col. Pete Smith, an Air Force veteran who spent his 28-year military career as a fighter pilot and has experienced an ejection firsthand. In TV and movies, a fighter pilot ...

WASHINGTON — An Air Force instructor pilot was killed when the ... Investigators identified ejection seat failure as a partial cause of an F-16 crash that killed 1st Lt. David Schmitz, 32 ...

French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu gives a press conference at the German Ministry of Defence. Two Alpha jets of the French Air force's aerobatics display team collided near Saint-Dizier in ...