The interceptor's wingman turns up two minutes later. Is this normal? I thought they normally fly together?
Interesting assumption..don't forget there's "together" as in close formation -
AFAIK not used that much in the upper air, and then there's "together" as in the tactical 1-2 miles apart stuff, trail, abeam or what ever the fashion is/circumstances dictate on the day.. ..
Edit to add: F-16 guy beat me to it and is obviously prepared to put a bit more meat on the bones than I was.........and TBF there is open source stuff about this...but I'd add there used to be a saying in the fighter world that "it's the one you don't see that gets you"...nuff said from me.