Simulated attack run
I must be missing something here. When training for the mission, they had the planes "wired" ("rigged"? whatever) to show the actual mission route in some kind of simulation mode -- at least that's what we saw in scenes back on the ground at "control". Why, during those runs, did they actually have to fly that close to the ground and real hills/mountains? I sort of get why they need to be in actual planes, and not a simulator, given the precision and "feel" needed... but couldn't they have run those simulation flights at, say, 5000 feet? Was it strictly for the "visual" (audience) appeal, or as I said, am I missing something?
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