Some interesting information in the report. The conditions were that bad in the area with the wind and turbulence that the birddog pilot and 737 pilot were not going to accept the tasking. The other thing was the co-pilots flying experience. 20 years in the military but he only had a total of 1744 hours of which 1364 were on type. That doesn't seem like a lot of multi-engine flying even for a military career.