Action movies usually depict ejecting from a fighter jet as a badass way to escape certain death at the hands of an airborne enemy. Sure, "Top Gun" reminded us that ejecting can involve danger, but usually, pulling the eject lever will leave a pilot ...

Two Air National Guard fighter jets clipped each other’s wings midair, forcing one of the pilots to eject into the ocean and be rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter a few hours later off the Virginia coast, officials said Friday. The other pilot involved ...

A U.S. Air Force crew had only seconds to react after their F-15E Strike Eagle was hit by enemy fire over Iran Friday. Both airmen ejected. The escape from the aircraft — triggered in an instant — set off a high-risk rescue mission deep inside hostile ...

The perplexing moments after a military pilot ejected from the F-35 fighter jet that crashed and went temporarily missing were captured in a dramatic 911 call. The call details the strange encounter between the 47-year-old Marine Corps pilot, the South ...

A retired F-15 pilot who survived one of the fastest known fighter jet ejections in history, describes what two US airmen would have faced when they did the same in Iran a week ago.