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Missing Man Formation
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The missing man formation is a form of Due to the Dead performed by fighter jet pilots. It consists of a flight of aircraft performing a formation pass over a fellow pilot's funeral, either with one position conspicuously empty or with one pilot sharply pulling away (straight up or up and sideways) just over the site while the others maintain course. Although primarily used in the military air force context, its variants can be used in other situations, as well. Compare Empty Chair Memorial, 21-Gun Salute, and Riderless Horse. Since this is often a Death Trope, beware of spoilers. |
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Happens at the end of Joe Ledger novel The Dragon Factory during Grace's funeral. | |
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In the first Iron Eagle movie, Doug Masters asks the fighters that rescued him if they could fly the formation for "Chappy" Sinclair, who was shot down during the mission or so everyone thought. The USAF major in command of the flight responds that they were waiting for Doug to take the lead position. | |
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A formation occurs in Top Gun: Maverick during Iceman's funeral. | |
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The Honor Harrington book Echoes of Honor opens with Honor's funeral. The Missing man formation is used, as it is for all pilots in the Royal Manticoran Navy. The whole scene is a Tearjerker, even if you just read the previous book and know that Honor's not really dead. | |
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The end of Thirteen Days has one over Major Anderson's casket. | |
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Done in Big Hero 6 after Baymax's Heroic Sacrifice. | |
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In Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, an allied flight performs a missing man flyby over the November City after Chopper is shot down and he fails to bail out due to a damaged/faulty ejection system. | |
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The ending of Armageddon (1998) shows a squadron of jets performing this maneuver for Harry, who sacrificed himself to save the world. | |
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The Right Stuff, as befitting a movie about test pilots. | |
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At the end of Star Trek Into Darkness during the re-christening ceremony for the Enterprise, which doubles as a memorial for all who died, including Christopher Pike. | |
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A two-man version at the end of Furious 7 paid tribute to the departed actor Paul Walker, where Dom and Brian drive side-by-side until Walker's car pulls away and drives into the sunset. | |
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Simoun: The Sybillae have the special ceremonial Ri Maajon of the Fields to honor their dead, which requires five Simouns—exactly one short of a full choir. Chor Tempest performs it after Mamiina's death, effectively mutinying during a state of emergency to do so. | |
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Harm flies in one in JAG both to honor a fallen aviator and to convince the aviator's Guy in Back that he isn't being haunted by a jinx. Things go invariably wrong. | |
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One Pearls Before Swine strip features a Missing Fly Formation in honor of a fly who got smooshed by a stripper. Yes, that is what happened. | |
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In Beast Wars, Optimus, Cheetor, and Silverbolt fly overhead in the missing man formation during Dinobot's funeral. Earlier in the episode, three ravens do the same, foreshadowing Dinobot's death. | |
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Dragon Ball Z: Inverted in a filler episode. Four of the five members of the Ginyu Force are dead, and the dead four try to recreate their iconic poses but lament that there's a missing space where their still-living leader should be. It's also not so much a memorial as it is an attempt to keep doing what they've always done. | |
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In the Babylon 5 episode "Ceremonies of Light and Dark", the station's fighters perform one during a memorial for those who died fighting off Earth loyalists. | |
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