A passerby does not care whether they are killed by a military jet, an ex-military jet or an airliner.
The only thing that matters is sensible risk assessment, and it is perfectly reasonable to make comparisons with other users of the air to see if the military is imposing silly rules upon itself.
The Reds are not at fault, I don't think anybody is saying they are.
What is at fault is the current need to change something in aviation jst because some people die.
People are always going to die. That is a corollary of the idea that you set an acceptable risk level.
Any acceptable risk level accepts risk which accepts a death rate.
THAT MEANS YOU ACCEPT DEATHS.
If the death rate climbs above the set level, THEN change something.
Anything else is just a quest for perfect safety to detriment of all else. If that is really what we want then just cut out the faffing around and ground everything, because that is the only way to achieve perfect safety.