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USAF Tests ACES 5 Ejection Seat Drogue Parachute Upgrade for T-7A

Frank Wolfe

Monday, January 22nd, 2024

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USAF Tests ACES 5 Ejection Seat Drogue Parachute Upgrade for T-7A

Pictured is a June, 2021 test using a mannikin of the ACES 5 ejection seat (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) mobility and training directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio said that AFLCMC has tested an escape system drogue parachute for the Advanced Concept Ejection Seat 5 (ACES 5) for the Air Force's T-7A Red Hawk trainer by Boeing [BA]. RTX's [RTX] Collins Aerospace makes the ACES 5, which is to reduce "overall ejection-related major injuries to less than 5 percent and ejection-related spinal injuries to less than 1 percent" and which “features…

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