To turn it around, it would be legal for 4 C-17s to continuously fly a 3nm circle around your home GA aifield's ATZ all day between 250 and 2000ft while an 8 ship formation of Chinooks hovered in the overhead at 2050ft. Legal - yes. Good airmanship, courteous, safe etc - no.
It didnt take long for the pissing contest to start......
I must remind myself yet again that military aviators are always right and us civvy chaps are just useless
I must also forget that several military aircraft flew straight through a NOTAMed aerobatic competition a few months ago... Maybe they were having a less than perfect day?