F-117 stealth

[FlandersRevenge]

So, the F-117's stealth capabilities are rendered null by a Sa-11, Sa-10 site.

 

However, i've noticed that the Nighthawks are engaged not much further away then what most other a/c would be engaged.

 

Also, all that heavy RAM seems to make them impervious to direct hits by Sa-10s

 

So, it's very hard at this point to actually see how effective the stealth is modeled because of how awful SAM sites are acting at the moment

[thenewarea51]

Remember this?

 

http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2005/11/secrets-of-1999-f-117-shootdown.html

[FlandersRevenge]

I'm fully aware that it can be shot down, and has been. It just seemed that they were targetted at the exact same time the rest of the strike package was.

[Callsign.Vega]

Sounds like the F-117 crews got a little too bold. Always flying the same routes etc thinking they were invulnerable. Grated it was only one F-117 loss though.

[GGTharos]

No one got bold - it was beaurocratic BS.

[zakobi]

Reminds me of this one:

 

"See! If you use it the wrong way, it can be shot down! And a few years later it was retired."