F-117 Combat losses
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I've heard that it went into storage at Tonopah. What was useable was canned, and the rest of the plane sat, likely in the same hangar where the rest of the fleet now lives. Hope this helps.
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Nope. Not even good guesses. They flew quite well after we fixed what "fell off".
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huggy wrote: hit by SAM fire, but made it home.
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Because they were extremely lucky to get the F-117 in the first place.
1. They knew where the F-117s were coming from.
2. They knew when the F-117s were coming.
3. They knew the route they were going to take.
4. They had 8 F-117s to shoot at
5. The F-117 flew directly towards them
6. The F-117 had no RWR to know that they SAM was in the area
7. The F-117 flew within 10km before they took a shot.
8. They launched two missiles at the F-117 and BOTH missed direct hits
9. Only one missile's proximity fuse detected the F-117 and detonated within lethal range.
10. It did not destroy the F-117, rather it crippled it.
1. They knew where the F-117s were coming from.
2. They knew when the F-117s were coming.
3. They knew the route they were going to take.
4. They had 8 F-117s to shoot at
5. The F-117 flew directly towards them
6. The F-117 had no RWR to know that they SAM was in the area
7. The F-117 flew within 10km before they took a shot.
8. They launched two missiles at the F-117 and BOTH missed direct hits
9. Only one missile's proximity fuse detected the F-117 and detonated within lethal range.
10. It did not destroy the F-117, rather it crippled it.
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SpudmanWP wrote:Because they were extremely lucky to get the F-117 in the first place.
1. They knew where the F-117s were coming from.
2. They knew when the F-117s were coming.
3. They knew the route they were going to take.
4. They had 8 F-117s to shoot at
5. The F-117 flew directly towards them
6. The F-117 had no RWR to know that they SAM was in the area
7. The F-117 flew within 10km before they took a shot.
8. They launched two missiles at the F-117 and BOTH missed direct hits
9. Only one missile's proximity fuse detected the F-117 and detonated within lethal range.
10. It did not destroy the F-117, rather it crippled it.
That's what I am saying
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Poor planning. The F-117 was the only plane in the war to fly the same routes at the same times every night.
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Maybe because the F-117A is a man-operated cruise missile. The pilot is flying programmed routes while they operate the on board systems. The F-117A required manual switching for everything from deploying navigation sensors to communication antennas. The pilot turned into a back seater near the target from what I have heard and trusted the machine to keep him on course while he deployed the bombs. The pilot may have been dependent on autopilot, which may not have been nearly as smart planning routes to way points.
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