Passenger on F-15 Ride-Along Ejected on Runway, Video Shows

Passenger on F-15 ride-along ejected on runway, video shows

An F-15D Eagle flight that was apparently intended to be a reward for hard work ended up not getting off the ground, when its passenger was ejected while the fighter was still on the flight line.The video, posted Wednesday on the unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page, shows the immediate aftermath of the unusual on-the-ground ejection, as an F-15 from the 104th Fighter Wing at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts slowly roll…

Service member ejected from military fighter jet at Western Mass. Air National Guard base

An Air National Guard service member was ejected from a military fighter jet on the tarmac at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield on Tuesday, WWLP reported. At around 2:05 p.m. on Tuesday, a “ground mishap” happened on the flightline involving two crew members of an F-15D Eagle aircraft, the news station reported. One of the crew members had been ejected from the military jet.

Flights at Barnes Air National Guard base temporarily grounded after incident

We’re learning more about the grounding of all flights for 36 hours at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield this week.

Service member ejected from F-15 aircraft at Barnes ANGB in Westfield

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A service member of the 104th Fighter Wing was ejected from an F-15 aircraft on the flightline at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield on Tuesday. A video circulating on social media shows a military fighter jet traveling on the tarmac, with the tail code identified as Massachusetts. As the plane moves down the runway, a person can be seen off to the side working to stand up. Four rescued from burning vehicl…

Passenger Ejects from F-15D While on Ground at Massachusetts Air National Guard Base

A backseat passenger in an F-15D Eagle from the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing was accidentally ejected while the jet was on the ground at Barnes Air National Guard Base on Tuesday. The incident, first reported by The War Zone, reportedly took place around 2:05 p.m., shortly after the aircraft had landed. Video posted online shows the jet taxiing without its canopy, with smoke still rising from the ejection. A person in a …

Rear-seat passenger accidentally ejects from US F-15D during taxi

The passenger was reportedly a non-pilot member of the US Air National Guard who accidentally engaged the ejection sequence of the two-seat F-15 variant while the jet was taxiing.