F-16 pilot developed a cockpit stowable collapsible ladder to aid Agile Combat Employment operations. At a time when the U.S. Air Force is heavily pressing forward with ACE (Agile Combat Employment) ...

There’s no doubt ladders can be unwieldy things to carry around - so much so that the ladder-carrying painter has become a staple of slapstick comedy. Unfortunately carrying a ladder around in real ...

AVIANO, Italy — An airman from the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base thinks he has devised a top-rung method of cockpit ingress and egress for F-16 Viper pilots. Maj. Nicholas Atkins conceptualized ...

Israeli designer Itay Laniado has designed a collapsible ladder held together by a strap under tension. The strap is tightened with a ratchet and forms two rungs of the ladder once assembled. A loop ...