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The lower the fly over the less time for the ground threat to engage (That's an angle thing). You can also use the geo-heat to shield your heat signature, if you are in place like Iraq or Afghanistan.
In general, we don't have chopper fly over when there is a creditable MANPAD threat. but Fast Air and sometime AC-130 Gunship is unlimited (mostly at night)
@dBSPL thanks for the question, i wanted to know the exact same thing.
@jhungary thanks for the answer.
It seemed really wierd to me seeing all this footage of low flying aircraft. Correct me if i misunderstood, but what you're saying is that by flying so low, their harder for MANPAD operators to spot because of angles and because the heat signature is hidden (at least in warmer countries).
I have another question then - why are they flying within manpad range? Is that something they have to do in order to provide CAS?
I would have assumed that strikes against static targets could be conducted using longer range stand off weaponry?