An exciting new addition to historic aircraft preservation

They will need to extend the AAM :rolleyes:

As I said, they have the option to acquire. I have no idea if they still wish to, or where they’d decide to put it if they did.

I suspect that in the current “climate” most airframes will end up in operational storage.

Quite.

Only the UK cuts up, or sets fire to its assets while the engines are still warm. Other nations have the sense to store ’em until the next crisis.

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Well, you laugh, and I doubt it’ll ever make Leg Ends, but DX do have “dibs” on one of these puppies, should they still wish to acquire one that is.

They will need to extend the AAM :rolleyes:

I may be wrong, but I see the F-117 as a sort of operational proof-of-concept, with a limited useful time in service even compared to other specialised airframes like the Tomcat. Unlike the latter, you can’t readily make the 117 multi-role to any meaningful extent. It can’t do air defence or CAS, whereas the Tomcat could make itself useful as a tactical strike aircraft and reconnaissance platform.

Nonetheless, valuable lessons in reducing RCS and delivering guided ordnance have been learned thanks to it, and have fed into the technology incorporated into the F-22, 35, and upgraded “legacy” airframes like the F/A-18E/F. The US taxpayer has probably got their money’s worth.

I suspect that in the current “climate” most airframes will end up in operational storage.

It seems strange that this “cutting” edge type plane has been retired a year after the F14 Tomcat,the Phantom has’nt been finished very long either.

“It doesn’t matter what defenses you put up, how deep you try to hide or how much you surround yourself with collateral damage, this airplane will come and get you.”

…So what this guy appears to be saying is ‘we have to kill a lot of civilians to hit the target but we get there eventually’

Yes, time has finally caught up with the F-117. Its performance has finally been superceded by the likes of the Hawker Hunter and F-86 and its ability to protect itself from all enemies who don’t have eyes is no longer enough to guarantee survival. F-117, we salute you!

F117 going out of service? ….now I know I’m old.

Well, you laugh, and I doubt it’ll ever make Leg Ends, but DX do have “dibs” on one of these puppies, should they still wish to acquire one that is.

i wonder if it will be at Leg,ohhh

Legoland??? Why would it go there?

😮 25 years old already,where does time go 😮 i wonder if it will be at Leg,ohhh i had better not LOL. 😀