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Re:Missteps Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practi... by ceejayoz on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @03:58PM (#43849974)
> What combat situation will require a military aircraft to be flying 30 meters from civilian jet doing routine flights?

Evacuating leadership during a 9/11 scenario?

> i don’t believe that there really is no technical solution to provide awareness to civilians of the presence and location of military aircraft without altering the pilot’s experience

There is. That’s ADS-B. Which broadcasts your position. So it’s turned off in military aircraft at times, for obvious reasons.

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Re:Missteps Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practi... by LeafItAlone on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @06:12PM (#43851295)
>So it’s turned off in military aircraft at times, for obvious reasons.

Obvious reasons to me are in active military operations against an enemy. Not flying around the airport of the nation’s busiest runway and civilian populated areas.

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Re:Missteps Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practi... by ceejayoz on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @07:36PM (#43851925)
The article indicates it was a classified mission profile. Some things we keep secret even in peacetime.
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