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Air Force grounds almost 300 training planes as ejection seat safety concerns spread

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JENNIFER H. SVAN

STARS AND STRIPES • July 29, 2022

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A T-6 Texan II and a T-38C Talon with the 12th Flying Training Wing fly in formation during The Great Texas Airshow in April 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The Air Force has grounded 279 trainer airplanes due to concerns about potentially faulty ejection seat parts. (Tyler McQuiston/U.S. Air Force)

The Air Force has temporarily sidelined nearly half of its combat training aircraft and a smaller portion of its primary training aircraft while it reviews the safety of a potentially defective ejection seat part.

It’s the same component the Navy and Marine Corps are concerned enough about that they’re replacing it in some airplanes, such as Super Hornets and Growlers, the Navy announced earlier in the week.

The Air Education and Training Command’s 19th Air Force confirmed the grounding of the trainers, Air Force Magazine reported Thursday.

The order affects 203 T-38 Talon jets and 76 T-6 Texan IIs, 19th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Craig Wills told the magazine.