[whyilovetexas111]

I thought this was long since sent to the museums?

[jerod]

It doesn't take a brain surgeon to figure it out... One word... "Drones"... They're the plastics of the future.

[V_TWIN]

Too much money invested in that platform to just retire it completely.

Sounds to me like the taxpayers are actually getting what we paid for.

[FreedomPoster]

Are there any in museums?

I’ll admit I haven’t been to an Air Force museum in a while. I have been to P’cola relatively recently. They certainly don’t have one, or didn’t, I would have remembered that.

I need to get back to Warner-Robbins and Eglin, it has been a while. 24 years on W-R, that was a post 9/11 excursion, remember all the add-on gate security. And maybe 30 years on Eglin.

[gunnut]

The iconic jets are not designed for combat, but now serve in critical new roles.

If true, our military is in way worse condition than I had imagined.

[BobL]

“Despite being officially retired in 2008, the U.S. Air Force has confirmed that a fleet of approximately 45 F-117A Nighthawk stealth aircraft (or commonly known as the F-117 Stealth Fighter) will continue flying until at least 2034.”

I didn’t think our military was capable of acting RATIONALLY in this way...considering everything else that I read.

[StormEye]

"The iconic jets are not designed for combat,
but now serve in critical new roles."

Oh? Then what were they designed for, crop dusting?
Of course the F117s were designed for combat.
The word designed should be replaced with designated.

Such terrible writing these days.