"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:38:41 -0500, "Neil Gould"
wrote:

What does that have to do with the question at hand: what Vet wouldn't
know the significance of a flyby formation???

I don't find it that far-fetched that someone NOT involved in aviation
would not
know the traditions of the aviation branches. Maybe the guy had been a
submariner, or served in a small port with not aviation presence.

Works both ways. Many Air Force and Navy veterans, for example, wouldn't
know
the significance of an Army officer wearing a slouch hat or what the patch
on
their right shoulder represents.

And until they did the break away as part of the "Missing Man Formation",
there would have been little to distinguish them from any other formation
flying in the vicinity of an AF base.

How many military and non-military types see F-16's buzzing around and turn
green with ENVY?