{"id":29034,"date":"2018-06-08T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T15:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/08\/air-force-b-1b-bombers-grounded-after-a-problem-with-its-ejection-seats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:50:32","slug":"air-force-b-1b-bombers-grounded-after-a-problem-with-its-ejection-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/06\/08\/air-force-b-1b-bombers-grounded-after-a-problem-with-its-ejection-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force B-1B bombers grounded after a problem with its ejection seats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force Global Strike Command on Thursday ordered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/05\/08\/after-string-of-fatal-crashes-air-force-orders-safety-review\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">safety stand-down<\/a> of its B-1B Lancer bombers after discovering a problem with its ejection seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a release Friday morning, Global Strike said the problem with B-1 ejection seat components was discovered as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/aviation-in-crisis\/2018\/05\/16\/air-force-materiel-command-to-reassess-health-of-aircraft-inventory-due-to-fatal-mishaps\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">safety<\/a> investigation board looking into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/05\/02\/air-force-b-1b-lancer-makes-emergency-landing-at-texas-airport\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">May 1 emergency landing<\/a> of a B-1B at Midland International Air and Space Port in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos of the incident showed that the bomber, based at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, blew at least one of its four cockpit escape hatches, but the ejection seat did not deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This raised questions as to whether the ejection seat failed, which the Air Force would not comment on last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/05\/18\/air-force-b-1-lancer-blew-escape-hatch-in-emergency-landing-but-its-seat-did-not-eject\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AIR-B1-emergency-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Air Force B-1 Lancer blew escape hatch in emergency landing, but its seat did not eject<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A photograph of a B-1 after it made an emergency landing showed that not all four hatches opened, and none of the four ACES II ejection seats deployed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All four crew members landed safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global Strike commander Gen. 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