Does it have specific tactical advantages or is it just cool?
Edit to add: what about specific types of formations, like a Flying V vs a Diamond vs whatever else they can do?
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The tactical advantage is that it allows you to coordinate your maneuvers better. If you always know where everyone is in relation to yourself, or in relation to the person flying at the front of the formation, you can coordinate everyone’s movements much easier than if you were just flying randomly, but near each other. It’s also much safer. They have to make a lot of split second decisions regarding the movement of their planes that could mean life or death for them or for their fellow pilots. This is an oversimplification, but imagine if you needed to bank left in 0.5 seconds, or you would die. You want to know that you can do that safely without colliding with someone who is flying with you and you’ll know that if you know exactly where everyone else is flying in relation to you.
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