"51 U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Jets Remain" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Sep 2019 2:58 p.m. PST |
…in Inventory "We finally have an official accounting of the F-117s, nearly all of which remain at Tonopah, but that is still set to change over the coming years. More than a decade after the F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack jet's official retirement, it remains a hot topic of discussion and speculation, especially given that some of the aircraft are still flying. The War Zone can now confirm that the Air Force still has 51 of the aircraft in its inventory and has not destroyed any of the aircraft since 2008, despite a Congressional mandate two years ago to dispose of four of them annually. We can also explain what happened to an F-117 that bystanders recently spotted on a flatbed semi-trailer on a road near the Air Force's Plant 42 complex in southern California…"
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| Thresher01 | 11 Sep 2019 6:00 p.m. PST |
Man, who was/were the dolts that made up that rule/law? We mothball many other, far less valuable aircraft for decades, so what's another 100, or so? I get they need to be secured to keep Chinese and Russian agents from stealing samples of the materials used, but still, that seems a small cost relative to their potential value, if/when needed again. |
| FatherOfAllLogic | 12 Sep 2019 6:48 a.m. PST |
Hey! Do we still got F-111's stashed somewhere? |
| Andrew Walters | 12 Sep 2019 8:46 a.m. PST |
Apparently 264 F-111s of 562 manufactured are in the boneyard. |
| Lion in the Stars | 12 Sep 2019 10:36 a.m. PST |
Why do we care about 40-year-old stealth tech? Remember, the F117s were designed in the late 1970s! |
| Thresher01 | 12 Sep 2019 5:44 p.m. PST |
If the balloon goes up, you'll want every plane, tank, ship, sub, and soldier you can get your hands on, just in case, since we have so few strategic bombers now, especially of the stealth variety. |
| Andrew Walters | 12 Sep 2019 7:54 p.m. PST |
If the balloon goes up someone will have to rebuild the factories that make the parts to get those airplanes flyable again. Then redesign the training program for the pilots. All effort that would be better spent elsewhere. Ships are a different matter, they take years to build but can be refitted in less time. And you can put modern equipment on them so modern parts and training would work. The 117s still need to be secret because it would be a nuisance if Iran got them. Theoretically. Regardless, I bet there are Nieuport 17s in that boneyard somewhere… |
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