Teledyne Electronic Safety Products (Teledyne ESP), an aerospace and defense electronics company based in Chatsworth, ...

This story is part of the portfolio that won the 2023 Society for Professional Journalists Dateline Award for beat reporting in a newsletter or trade publication. An Air Force investigation of a fatal ...

The Air Force announced Monday that its F-35A Lightning IIs are flying again, after a recall related to the aircraft's ejection seats grounded the fighter jets late last month. Martin-Baker, a U.K.

A temporary grounding of US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters due to faulty ejection seat parts has been resolved. Inspections of over 700 cartridges revealed only four suspect parts, which were ...

Hundreds of Air Force and Navy planes are being grounded due to a faulty part in their ejection seats, a major safety concern if a pilot needs to eject from the aircraft suddenly. The issues first ...

October 7, 2022: The U.S. Air Force suffered a rare ejection seat failure in June 2020 in which the seat successfully ejected but the parachute did not deploy and the pilot died on impact. The widow ...

The Air Force is temporarily grounding nearly 300 trainer aircraft over concerns that their ejection seats may not fire correctly when needed, Air Force Times has learned. The service has stopped ...

U.S. Air Force and South Korean air force F-35A Lightning II aircraft soar in a tight formation over Korea, July 12, 2022. (Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier/Air Force) The Air Force’s F-35A Lightning II ...

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- Recently, a dedicated team of four active duty U.S. Air Force Egress System Technicians spent two weeks at Letterkenny Munitions Center removing explosive assets from production ...

The U.S. Air Force's F-35A fleet has resumed normal flight operations, following inspections of hundreds of ejection seat cartridges to look for potentially faulty ones. (Capt. Kip Sumner/U.S. Air ...

(Tribune News Service) — An Air Force major could be seen rocketing into the air after a state-of-the-art military jet smashed into a Fort Worth runway earlier this month. In a matter of seconds, a ...