After an incident like this MX will get anal probing. Back in the 90's the F-15 had a known discrepancy in the tech order on how to rig the stabilators, these were rigged backwards, and pilot didn't notice it until he tried to takeoff from Spangdahlem, it was a fatal mistake. The following actions where the tech data was finally fixed and maintenance personnel whose name was in the 781 were court martialed, later one committed suicide and the MXG guys refused to sign any red X off in the forms because the witch hunt that was going on. The mission of that wing slammed to a stop because mx folks were in full career preservation mode and screw the sortie count. I bet JBERS will go through some painful soul searching, lives destroyed, careers scuttled, MX actions going into slow crawl mode. Mueller v. US Dept. of Air Force, 63 F. Supp. 2d 738 (E.D. Va. 1999) :: Justia PLACING BLAME AT ANY COST | TIME