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Originally Posted by Flat Six
EA-6B still has to ingress/egress op zones . . . low-level/NOE
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Yes, agree. I was a Navy S-3 Viking flight officer in my earlier days, and we practiced low level over-land flying some even though our primary mission was anti-submarine/anti-shipping warfare.
It's probably the most fun you can have in a jet, and if done 'legally' is relatively safe but the margin for error is definitely less than at altitude. And at least back in the day, we would sometimes 'deviate' from the legal 200' (I think? or was it 500'?) altitude -- I remember kicking up rooster tails of dust over the Nevada desert one time....loads of fun but the margin of error is basically 0.