Ejection Seat Defects Limited So Far To F-35 Fleet, Martin-Baker Says

US Air Force maintainers inspect an F-35 ejection seat in 2018.
Credit: US Air Force
A Martin-Baker ejection seat defect that has halted operations by hundreds of U.S. military fighters and training jets has so far been confirmed to affect only the Lockheed Martin F-35 fleet, a Martin-Baker official said on July 30. The anomaly with a cartridge actuation device was originally...

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