Title: How low can a fighter jet fly safely? - Quora
Headings: How low can a fighter jet fly safely?
How low can a fighter jet fly safely?
Scot Johnson

Content: He landed safely but was in a lot of trouble with his CO. Months later we lost an aircraft hitting a logging cable, but the pilot safely ejected. I remember practicing low-level flight over the water off the Philippine coast. We flew as fast and as low as we possibly could. We maybe rationalized that it was for training to dodge SAMs over North Vietnam, but I think we did it mostly because it was thrilling. We used to leave wakes in the water, then pull up, look back to see who had the best wake. There is an aerodynamic effect called g round effect. It is the reason that sometimes an aircraft will tend to “float” down the runway after flaring, instead of touching down sooner. On some of these extreme low-level flights, I would experience ground affect. I would get so low that I could feel resistance and pressure if I gingerly pushed the stick slightly forward and any lower.