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A must-read. Yet another instance in which the non-public military accident investigations uncover troubling technical problems and the public report just blames the pilot.

Tony Bartelme@tbartelme.bsky.social

NEW: A decorated Marine colonel speaks out about how ejected from an F-35 and how the top Marine threw him under the bus afterward. @longreads #military www.postandcourier.com/news/special...

postandcourier.comInside a Marine's decision to eject from a failing F-35B fighter jet and the betrayal in its wakeSouth Carolina Marine Col. Charles Del Pizzo ejected from a failing F-35B stealth fighter jet in 2023, landing in a North Charleston yard near the CHS Airport.

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@georgewright.site

Old military pilot saying, "Nothing could be fairer than to call it pilot error."

@lightningg.bsky.social

This was a great read. Thank you for sharing.

@tbartelme.bsky.social

Thanks for the shout out, and yes, there is a big unanswered question in this story-what exactly caused the plane to go haywire?

@chasingray.bsky.social

Thanks so much for sharing this - 100% the sort of aviation article we need more of.