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

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Low enough and its not safe, even with extensive training. Its a risk vs reward analysis. Swedish attack pilots during the “good old days” of the cold war routinely flew at the minimum allowed altitude of 10m (33ft) over sea and no lower than 20 (66 ft) over land in order to fly below Warsaw pact radar, depending on the circumstances even at supersonic speeds. The Swedish air force lost more than 600 pilots in training mishaps during the cold war, quite the number considering the small population, it was a different time where high risks where considered necessary to reap the rewards in case of
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Low enough and its not safe, even with extensive training. Its a risk vs reward analysis. Swedish attack pilots during the “good old days” of the cold war routinely flew at the minimum allowed altitude of 10m (33ft) over sea and no lower than 20 (66 ft) over land in order to fly below Warsaw pact radar, depending on the circumstances even at supersonic speeds. The Swedish air force lost more than 600 pilots in training mishaps during the cold war, quite the number considering the small population, it was a different time where high risks where considered necessary to reap the rewards in case of Soviet aggression. The air force had a system of pre charted attack runs that enabled a turn by turn system to maintain that extremely low altitude and high speed. Practicing low level flight was often done by going low and fast, following country roads and I remember as a child the shock and awe when a fighter jet would suddenly zoom above our head when riding a bike to the beach. Or that time when a pilot broke the sound barrier at very low level over the lake next to our house nearly shattering the windows.