Posted on Jun 14, 2021

F-16 Pilot's Runway Death Forces Reckoning Over Tight Flight Hours, Training Gaps

Maj Robert Thornton

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F-16 Pilot's Runway Death Forces Reckoning Over Tight Flight Hours, Training Gaps

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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As both a former Air Force Safety Officer and Flight Scheduler there are more errors than I can count swirling around this incident. Maj Robert Thornton is absolutely correct.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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This is bad...and absolutely avoidable.

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SrA John Monette

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a truly avoidable incident. so many things that should never have happened. hopefully, commanders learned a valuable lesson about going by the book

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F-16 Pilot's Runway Death Forces Reckoning Over Tight Flight Hours, Training Gaps

F-16 Pilot's Runway Death Forces Reckoning Over Tight Flight Hours, Training Gaps

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