Williams C S
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Air Force Base, TX.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1993 Sep;64(9 Pt 1):845-7.
Most experience with ejections from modern fighter aircraft has occurred outside of true combat operations. During Operation Desert Storm, the 401st Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain, lost four F-16C aircraft while on combat missions, with all four pilots ejecting safely. Since the circumstances of a combat vs. peacetime ejection are likely different and many combat mishaps and ejections cannot be extensively investigated (three out of these four), a questionnaire was developed to recall and review pilot ejection experiences. Questions ranged from recalling the parameters of egress to conscious recollections of the event and assessment of how well the system worked. Each of the four ejections occurred under different parameters, and no one suffered significant injury. Two of the ejections occurred at high altitude, previously rare in the F-16. This was one of the first times that experience was obtained with the F-16's ACES-II egress system under combat operations and, in the experience of these four pilots, the system was life-saving in combat. Finally, the overall ejection survival rate for U.S. Air Force fighter/attack combat ejections during Operation Desert Storm was similar to the peacetime rate. It is the author's hypothesis that the reason for this may correlate with a quicker, more predetermined decision to eject from an aircraft disabled by combat fire.
现代战斗机弹射的大多数经历都发生在真正的作战行动之外。在“沙漠风暴”行动期间，西班牙托雷洪空军基地的第401战斗机联队在执行战斗任务时损失了4架F - 16C飞机，所有4名飞行员均安全弹射。由于作战弹射与和平时期弹射的情况可能不同，而且许多作战事故和弹射无法进行广泛调查（这4起中有3起），因此编制了一份问卷来回顾和审视飞行员的弹射经历。问题范围从回忆弹射参数到对事件的有意识回忆以及对系统工作情况的评估。这4次弹射每次都在不同参数下发生，而且没有人受重伤。其中2次弹射发生在高空，这在F - 16中以前很少见。这是首次在作战行动中获得F - 16的ACES - II弹射系统的使用经验，而且在这4名飞行员的经历中，该系统在战斗中挽救了生命。最后，“沙漠风暴”行动期间美国空军战斗机/攻击机作战弹射的总体弹射存活率与和平时期的存活率相似。作者的假设是，其原因可能与在因战斗火力而受损的飞机上更快、更有预先决定的弹射决策有关。
