Do you really have jet recon aircraft flying the same kind of AOP sorties as the light grasshoppers and UAVs in the game?
From what I've understood from the manual and the various discussions on that subject, jet recon planes generally fly high-altitude, straight-on spotting missions, not exactly on top of the objective, but rather tens of miles on one side.
Furthermore, until very recently or the near future, the data from a recon plane always has to be extracted and interpreted once the plane is back from its mission, and that's somethign that involves more time and a much higher tier of field intelligence than available in the game.
Just my 2c, probably best to let the designers have their say about that.
