Factual error: During real-world training exercises, aviators are told to keep a 500 to a 1000 ft safety bubble around them at all times. In multiple scenes you can see where they are almost flying in a wingtip formation.
Movie Medic
13th May 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
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Suggested correction: The tactical formation they are in is a welded wing formation, as mentioned earlier in the movie. It requires flying close together to deceive radar as to the size of the strike force.