The US military outfits four primary ejection seats across its combat and training aircraft. The ejection seat is a vital life-saving system, designed to eject pilots in an emergency safely. Each of the four models currently in use by the US military is varied and tailored to the specific mission profile and platform design of the aircraft. The four ejection seats currently in service are the Collins Aerospace ACES II, Collins Aerospace ACES 5, Martin-Baker Mk 14, and Martin-Baker US-16E.

The Collins Aerospace ACES II is widely used in the US Air Force. The seat has been in service since the late 1970s and remains the standard on a variety of US Air........

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