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Old 3rd Jun 2016, 14:19
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malabo
 
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Her pictures show the pilot safely following his aircraft via parachute to the ground below.

The pilot, identified as Maj. Alex Turner, was able to land the jet intact -- despite ejecting.

"I think it is a testament to the exceptional pilotism of our Air Force Thunderbird pilot," Bohn said.
Exceptional spin doctoring by the AF PR machine, take random luck and frame it as pilot heroics.
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