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If you watch the various vids you will see the RAF are considerably lower than their US counterparts, although ...
They play a home match, don't they. However, apart from over water, I hardly ever saw the wingman even touch the 250 ft level, to be honest. Nothing undiscoverable for any E-3A. Makes me think of some 30 years ago ...
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ATC controller to AWACS Air Defence controller : "Your aircraft are expected on your freak within a couple of minutes, currently taxying at XXX AirForce Base, squawking nnnn."
AWACS Air Defence Controller to ATC controller : "Contact"
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At the time, this sounded unimaginable to me (being used to control with ground radar inputs, i.e. blind below anything close to 1000 feet even at closer ranges)
Makes me think of a Mirage pilot stating : "Low level ? Anything above 100 feet, and you're a dead guy, eh !".