Originally Posted by
hindsight2020
Agreed. The Bone guys putting the jet in KMAF with fire warnings that didn't go out and choosing to save the life of the WSO after his seat did not fire, got DFCs out of the deal. These dudes with a midair, two engines without teeth on the same side, and full of go-juice? Putting that pig on the field upright and controlled without going kaboom probably earns them DFCs, unless they caused the collision. So far, no indications of the latter, so I'm inclined to say these guys walk away with major hardware out this deal.
It was a B Course sortie also with a student WSO and student pilot up front in the stricken jet. It was the student WSO that got stuck on the rail. Crazy situation and was a hell of a job by all involved.