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A Navy veteran pulled back the curtain on the \u201cviolent\u201d experience airmen like the ones on the downed F-15E<\/a> endure when ejecting from an aircraft \u2014 revealing the emergency maneuver includes little to no parachute training.<\/p>\n Matthew \u201cWhiz\u201d Buckley, a TOPGUN graduate and the president of the No Fallen Heroes Foundation, told The Post that the Air Force colonel and his pilot made \u201ca pretty stark choice to either die or eject\u201d last week when they were shot down over Iran.<\/a><\/p>\n Few would know better than Buckley, who piloted F-18 Hornets in 44 combat missions during two tours in Iraq. <\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re always worried about the condition of the aviator and aircrew, if they had to eject, because ejecting is one of the most violent experiences a body can go through,\u201d Buckley explained, noting that no human is built to withstand \u201cinstantaneous 10 to 20 Gs of force.\u201d<\/p>\n Buckley described the \u201crocket ride\u201d combined with \u201c500 miles an hour of wind blast\u201d as a recipe for disaster if the ejector\u2019s body isn\u2019t in the perfect position. <\/p>\n