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That's probably because the last time they were done is when BT was shut down, which was ~26 years ago...when I was 10. Originally Posted by Adlerdriver
Oh grasshopper. You’ve obviously not seen the beauty of rolling formation AB takeoffs. BT F-15 standard departure for years.
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Honestly, in all my form TO/LNDs, I saw very few dangerous incidents. However, I know, I'm glad I wasn't landing next to my buddy who had his left main gear collapse on him recently. I could see the questions from the board now. "So why again were you practicing something that isn't even a currency item?" Would you survive that board...high likely. But I'd expect quickly see them become prohibited as they are in the 5th gen world.Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
After instructing at the RAG/FRS/RTU for 7.5 years, I saw many more dangerous situations potentially develop out of formation takeoffs than I ever did formation landings. This is the ONLY formation landing mishap I even know about between the USAF/USN/USMC.
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The best defense for keeping them in UPT as I've ever seen. If the experts, especially the lifers (not derogatory) at UPT bases see them as needed, then my all means, keep doing them. I guess my point is, they don't need to keep doing them on behalf of the CAF, because we're just not doing them anymore. No matter how much the old timers love to hold on the doing everything the way they did it, I really don't see that changing anytime soon.Originally Posted by hindsight2020
...Good words...