flying is inherently dangerous. i'm not saying for a second that we should just accept this, and get on with it, but at the same time, accidents happen, and as long as we learn from our mistakes, at least it's a little condolence for the families...
Flying large military aircraft is NOT inherently dangerous and accidents do NOT just happen as long as we are operating somewhere close to the tight airworthiness requirements that the MOD (says it) requires. This aircraft was not in a hazardous flight regime (ignoring the presence of the unfriendly people below), it was making routine use of the fuel system. The fleet may be old but in the real world, nobody in their right mind would seriously believe that regular incidents of fuel pishing out of an aircraft is vaguely acceptable or sensible.
Edited to add......We increase the risks inherent in aviation significantly at times by putting military aircraft into extremely demanding environments. What we must not do is confuse the very real need to take risks to get the job done - particularly on ops - with the unnecessary risks of routinely flying aircraft that should not be in the air.