@onetrack
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post8835103
Your post from 22. January 2015 time 8:54 does not hold any value in general, and not for this accident and this crew either. But you may keep your view of the suicidal military pilots if it suits you.
If you read up on "Turbulence and Thunderstorms" in the T.O. 1F-16 under section 7-2, which is on page 532 of the pdf file below, you will find the following information:
Avoid flight in turbulent air, hailstorms and thunderstorms. There is a high probability of damage to airframe and componenets from impact ice, hail and lightning. ..........
https://info.publicintelligence.net/USAF-F16.pdf