Article: USAF ACES II Ejections and You, the Aircrew.

LT COL (DR) TOM LUNA

Here's a revelation for you: Ejection systems were incorporated into USAF aircraft to save the life of you, the crewmember, especially when operating in a combat environment. A 1972 Safety Center Preliminary Report on Southeast Asia escape, evasion and recovery experiences between 1963 and 1971 provides proof (as if any were needed?) that lack of time to prepare for ejection and high-speed ejections lead to more injuries. About 44 percent of combat ejections were at high speeds, with both the number and severity of injuries higher than peacetime ejections, where the speeds at time of ejection were normally lower and injuries mostly in the ...

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