Tough break for all parties involved, my heart is with both families, but: formation takeoffs, approaches and landings have been a worldwide routine practice, in all services, for over 90 years.
Also, you all know the reason why the services started to opt for the faster “run-in and break” procedure. Different times and environments call for different measures.
We’ve done it a myriad of times, not without risk: at times it saved our hides.
How about all the “riskier” ops besides this ROUTINE practice? Abolish military aerial operations altogether?
Nothing to see here.
RIP, boys.