Quite the opposite in my view, that is some of the best advertising and it's all for free.
How many 8-16 yr olds are going to see that and say "wow, thats really cool. i want to be just like that".
And Joe public are going to see a aeroplane going very fast and very low.....isnt that what Joe public thinks the RAF is meant to do?
I reckon that the RAF is missing out on a great
PR opportunity here, set up air strikes and low flying fly bys with professional video being taken in Afganistan. Then flood You tube with it. Kids will love it, parents will be grabbed and told "hey Dad...watch this....cool" and the 'medja darling' will show those magnificent men in their flying machines going up diddly up up.