Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “F-117 Nighthawk: The Emergence of Stealth Technology” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/f-117-nighthawk/.
F-117 Nighthawk: The Emergence of Stealth Technology
- Thread starter Mike H.
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KillerFord1977
SAINT
Air force has resurrected them for training and technology use. Not rare use anymore. They have been flying weekly within the last 12 month
They have been flying again for years now
They have been flying again for years now
KillerFord1977
SAINT
'Retired' F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade
The Air Force is looking at extending its growing F-117 operations to 2034, 26 years after the type was officially retired.
www.thedrive.com
Bassbob
Emissary
And the balloon floated through it's neck of the woods yesterday afternoon.
Area52
Professional
F117 Price - $122 million
Hot Air Balloon - $20,000 USD
Amazing how an off course ballon can drift along sooooo many sensitive areas in just a few days.
Money well spent? For a new fighter jet when the commanders-in-chiefs are such pansies.
These are not smart people. Best Air Force in the world and looks who’s in charge, the amazing defense leadership claims it will be dispatched over the Atlantic….after a week of gathering and transmitting intelligence…and there’s more than one “accidental off course weather balloon.
Rumored that the woke Secretary and General already send a squadron ….
Hot Air Balloon - $20,000 USD
Amazing how an off course ballon can drift along sooooo many sensitive areas in just a few days.
Money well spent? For a new fighter jet when the commanders-in-chiefs are such pansies.
These are not smart people. Best Air Force in the world and looks who’s in charge, the amazing defense leadership claims it will be dispatched over the Atlantic….after a week of gathering and transmitting intelligence…and there’s more than one “accidental off course weather balloon.
Rumored that the woke Secretary and General already send a squadron ….
BobT
Master Class
Sorry to be a pimple on the butt of progress but the F-117A has a service ceiling of 45,000 ft. An F-35 might be able to do it provided the density altitude was favorable. F-35s can do 50-65K. When you're at or near your service ceiling, the aircraft handling starts to become squirrely. My next door neighbor was a 117 driver - Bandit number 598.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
I bet @Annihilator’s YEET cannon could take it down
N
nmedge
Guest
Hated everyday I worked on it. What a turd! Nothing like a real fighter aircraft.
Annihilator
Emissary
Close up of the actual ballon…….
Bassbob
Emissary
They weren't. Brandon is beholden to the Chicoms. The area between my friend's farm and my house, which this thing flew directly over, is largely fields and uninhabited. And I'm sure many of the other places this thing was over were perfectly safe places to drop it. Now they're all talking tough. Brandon, Chuckie, Blinky, but watch, a month from now they will be back to kissing their asses. Nothing to see here, move along.
KillerFord1977
SAINT
If they wanted to shoot it down over water, why didn’t they shoot it down off the west coast within the 12 mile zone before it got over land ?
Good ol Biden and Chinese relationship
Good ol Biden and Chinese relationship
BobT
Master Class
I had an ex-wife who's tongue was so sharp, she could deflate a man at 100 yards. The balloon would be childs play for her.I bet @Annihilator’s YEET cannon could take it down
Keystone19250
SAINT
They shot it down today after it was off the coast of South Carolina, after it crossed the whole country. 
HansGruber
Ronin
Because it didn’t come in over the west coast of the US; it came in over Canada most likely via the arctic.
The balloon did fly over Canada after it left US airspace in Alaska. The US air force must have picked this up way before it hit US airspace considering the amount of air defense radar on the west coast especially Alaska.
Here's the flight path of the spy balloon.