There was no flare in the Phantom-you maintained same attitude from the threshold to touchdown.
We certainly never flared the Airbus if landing on a limited performance runway-once you flare you use up tarmac!
In certain situations you will need to have 1.3 x the stall speed plus half the gust factor or more.
Not for the landing-only at the threshold and its actually 1.2 on some types
then I still claim it's impossible to land without a flare. If a flare is defined as the above but only in the immediate connection with the touchdown, then maybe not. Logic says that there is no way a landing can be made without using back pressure at some point during the approach, or else you'd be driving it on the field like a car.
You are wrong there-a swept back wng aircraft with leading edge slats will be in the landing attitude at the threshold usually-you just wait for ground effect and close the thrust levers-with a flare you risk a tail strike. Also minimal flare if any on some long bodied jets for same reason