Do interceptors sometimes fly close to their stalling speed? Yes. Sometimes the target is more manoevrable at those speeds than the Interceptor. I recall a Lightning was lost in the 70s whilst shadowing a Shackleton posing as a defector duringm a Taceval. The Lightning was eventually found with the canopy open and the ejector seat on board but the pilot (a US exchnge officer) was never found.
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