At the start of this thread, the mere mention of the similarity of this crash to the Bud Holland crash drew a rash of angry responses and even a statement by perhaps a C17 pilot, that the C17 cannot be stalled. The inability of the aircraft to let itself be stalled theory was thrown right out the window in the Air Force report.
That the mission pilot thru his arrogance of supposedly far superior flying skills and systems knowledge, many times took C17's to at least the edge of the flight envelope, even taught students that aerodynamic stall warnings were just anomalies....... is astounding to me in sheer audacity.
Watching the B52 crash video many times over the years and seeing it's sickening destruction and carnage in slow motion right into ground disintegration and massive fireball filled with aircraft debris .......
I would think that B52 mission and its failure would be emblazoned upon ESPECIALLY airshow demonstration USAF pilots.
Of course the skipper of the C17 was told over and overhismachine was far superior to that ancient B52 and would help to take care of itself by not allowing itself to be stalled.
Out of "respect for the surviving family members, etc" the Air Force softened the C17 video so that the video ended a fraction of a second or so before the right wingtip contacted trees or terra firma.
Out of respect for possible future surviving loved ones, I hope the Air Force gathers a little mangled flight deck debris and shows the entire video over and over to current and future demonstration pilots. Maybe they will elect to have sympathy and concern for the future families by doing a better job at preventing such needless carnage. One B52 pilot and one C17 pilot forgot about their families for a few critical seconds, and from reading the reports had done so on many occasions leading to their last flights.