Take a look at Ward Carroll’s You tube channel. Retired F-14 RIO, instructor and USNA teacher. Put out a long but detailed read-thru on the JAG report. Aircraft suffered a lightning strike which caused multiple 2-3 second dropouts and resets in the HMD(Helmet Mounted Display - F-35 has no HUD) and the Primary Cockpit Displays. The battery powered standby display worked fine, however he misinterpreted the display dropouts as a discompare with the standby instrument, believed he was in an out of control condition and decided to eject. However, while he was a high time aviator, he was low time (about 35 hours TT in the plane IIRC) and low in currency, about 6 hours and change in the previous 2 months.
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