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Old Aug 1, 2014, 6:43 pm
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Originally Posted by ROCAT
That is the whole reason, that and to provide real time updates as to what the plane is doing and the condition it is in. Radar can gives a fairly large amount of information but no where near what a set of eyes next to a plane can give.
That is not the whole reason -- it is a part of the reason -- for these "escorts".
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