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Old 23rd Jun 2014, 17:20
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Most of them are ex-Mil. It's their job and profession to act as targets for the military. And they have quite a good safety record doing this. These Learjets are even modified to carry specific loads like jammers and such if needed for the mission.

It's not like Mil-ATC suddenly asks a civilian biz jet enroute for some favor or something.
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