Originally Posted by
minigundiplomat
There was a very credible manpad threat, and airspace was worked in blocks depending on user/type - its not just as simple as flying around at 10,000 feet because you deem it safe. Let's just leave it there, as the more you type, the more obvious it is that you've no idea what you're talking about, which is why my responses don't contain the phrase 'from what I heard......'
You are wrong… spend a few hundred hours flying there and then. (Not in Cougars..) Talked to many nationalities operating on the ground… hence the “what I heard” And as I was stating, they weren’t flying at 10.000 ft but above the small-arms threat band, being protected by their EWS system for the very unlikely event of a manpad launch. And yes there were missions were this threat was higher and they subsequently operated low level as well.
Again let’s go back to the NH topic.