Thread Creep here people. Bashing the yanks is not what this is about.
If it becoming a regular thing for the French AF to intercept civilian airliners for a)practice or b) cos they want to then there must be a protocol. If it happened to me and I had not been told I would co-ordinate avoiding action with ATC and file Airprox and an ASR when on the ground. I accept they are highly trained but it is unacceptable that they can breach the 1000' and 5 miles envelope so brazenly. I think the possibility of them bumping into us is much greater than loosing an Sidewinder into the No2. It doesn't take much of a mistake when joining a formation to seriously screw things and he's got a bang seat, I ain't. Fingers crossed, direct BAMES.
Oh, I would DEFINITELY give him the finger too.