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Originally Posted by speede5
There are no ejection seat equipped aircraft with good rear visibility. There are always mirrors installed around the windscreen. You are strapped in so tight and the head rest (actually called a headbox) is essential for safe ejection, plus it is the box in which the parachute is stored.
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The F-16 has a bubble canopy, is ejection seat equipped (like all aircraft in the last 60 years) and has excellent all around visibility. The rear visibility problem was brought to light a long time ago by test pilots of the F-35 and nothing was done.