Low Level
In the course of war time operations it is often necessary to fly very low beneath the coverage of enemy radar, using the terrain to evade the enemy and to make surprise attacks. RAF fast-jet crew learn the fundamentals of low flying in the Tucano. They will then move onto the Hawk, before going to a front line squadron to fly aircraft such as the Tornado, Harrier and Typhoon.
The United Kingdom Low Fly System (UKLFS) is divided into 20 Low Flying Areas (LFA's) where the British military are cleared normally down to 250 feet.There are also special low-level flying areas called Tactical Training Areas (TTA's) where low flying can be authorised down to just 100 feet.
Air to air combat training can take place within the LFA's in areas designated as Overland Training Areas (OTA's). There are seven OTA's (A to G), OTA Golf for example covers a good part of central Wales.