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There were multiple opportunities to break this chain of events and gain a more favorable outcome for the Pilot, but they were all missed. So when an Air Force 2-Star says;
"I find by a preponderance of evidence the cause of the mishap was the MP’s failure to correctly interpret the ALS and identify the runway threshold during his first landing attempt"
You know that Careers are still more important than lives.
It still says this under Cause:"It is my opinion the MP mistook the approach lights for the runway threshold lights due to preoccupation with his earlier failure to accomplish AAR and SEAD training. Unfortunately, the MP should have never been scheduled to fly this mission at night."
Note the last sentence...