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: Ask the Brits (fairly proud of their low altitude flying skills) how the first day of Iraq 1 went for them…
Actual lowest altitude that folks fly… I’ll leave that for stories at the bar. My low altitude briefing to my wingman was something to the effect of, “I don’t want to look over and see you lower than me”. Sponsored by Best Gadget Advice
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Anders Nilsson
, Knows a little about a lot, and a lot about a few things. Answered 2 years ago · Author has 5.2K answers and 1.4M answer views
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.