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Ex Machina
Which is exactly why the report reads like a very political attempt to shift the spotlight away from Air Force and onto the MOJ and the OEM.
There will almost always be systemic failures that contribute to accidents, but in this case the causal factor was nothing more than a schoolboy error and someone needs to take ownership of that.
Any organization that is unused for decades will corrode internally. The various NATO forces are surely cases in point.
Norway's recent loss of a frigate illustrates the problem, poorly trained but politically correct crew on a ship whose damage control checked the boxes but did not work, so an avoidable accident turned into a total loss.
German in service rates for military equipment suggest Norway's performance is the norm, not the exception for NATO>