ACR ACFT ON FINAL APCH WITH CLRNC TO LAND WAS GIVEN A GAR FROM TWR LCL CTLR WHEN FLT OF 6 MIL Z ENTERED LNDG PATTERN.

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COMING INTO FLL ON MARLIN ARR; APPROX XA50; APCH CTL VECTORED US 240 DEGS; POINTING US TOWARD ARPT AT 4000 FT. I MENTIONED TO FO WE ARE VERY CLOSE FOR DOWNWIND; WE NEED A WESTERLY TURN. ON APCH WE HEAR CALL TO 'MIL A.' FIRST NOTIFICATION TO US THEY ARE IN PATTERN. WE THEN ARE VECTORED 280 DEG HDG. WE THEN FLY EXTENDED DOWNWIND 15-16 MI. WE FIGURE IT IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE MIOLZ. WE HEAR MIL B TO TWR. APCH TURNS US 150 DEGS; CUTTING US BACK TOWARD FIELD MORE THAN ABNORMAL 180 DEG BASE; THEN DSCNT TO 2000 FT TURN TO 120 DEGS PLUS INTERCEPT; CLRED ILS RWY 9L FLL. THIS PUT US INTERCEPTING ABOUT 8 MI OUT; 2 MI OUTSIDE IAF. WE WERE TOLD TO MAINTAIN 170 KTS TO MARKER; CONTACT TWR AT MARKER. WE CONTACT TWR; WE LOWER GEAR FINAL FLAPS; CHKLIST COMPLETE. TWR CLRS US TO LAND. JUST PRIOR TO MARKER; WE HEAR ON TWR MIL B CLR VISUAL APCH. TWR POINTS THEM OUT TO US. THEY ARE A 6-SHIP IN CLOSE FORMATION TURNING L BASE FROM N 1 1/2 MI OUT. WE ARE APPROX 4 MI FROM THEM. (WE HAVE LNDG CLRNC.) MIL Z HIT END OF RWY AND DO NORMAL MIL PITCHOUT (APPROX XA00) WITH APPROX 3 SECOND BREAK BTWN SHIPS TO L. THEY ARE NOW ON DOWNWIND N OF FIELD AND ALMOST CO-ALT. WE ARE 800-1000; 2 1/2 - 3 MI OUT. TWR SAYS ACR A TURN L 360 DEGS (RIGHT INTO THEM) AND CLB TO 2000 FT. WE DID THIS POSTHASTE (WE NEVER GOT A TCASII). SUSPECT MIL Z HAD SELECTIVE IDENT FEATURE IN STANDBY. WE WERE THEN VECTORED OUT (CLB TO 4000 FT) FOR ANOTHER APCH. 1) APCH SHOULD HAVE WAITED TILL MIL Z WERE ALL DOWN TO START APCHS. 2) MIL Z LIAISON SHOULD HAVE TOLD TWR WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. 3) LEAD SHOULD HAVE HAD SELECTIVE IDENT FEATURE ON.