The brutal truth of ejecting from an F‑15 is almost unimaginable… “It’s instantaneous — 10 to 20 Gs of force,” Matthew “Whiz” Buckley, a TOPGUN graduate, explained. The moment the canopy blasts open, the seat rockets out, throwing pilots into a violent storm of wind, speed, and crushing force. One wrong move, and the injuries can be catastrophic — broken bones, spinal damage, even worse.
A Navy veteran pulled back the curtain on the “violent” experience airmen like the ones on the downed F-15E endure when ejecting from an aircraft — revealing…