Partially. The F-117 was designed for 1 purpose, to drop a laser guided bomb in a heavily defended target, such as down town Baghdad. When developed, it was state of the art against Soviet air defenses. Baghdad was perfect for this airplane. It’s air defenses couldn’t see it on radar and at night was totally invisible. Without a flight computer, the wobbly goblin was unflyable.
The F-117 did a hell of a job on Rio Hato starting off Operation Just Cause as well.
I wonder if the one F-117 that was shot down was part of the reason to remove it from inventory.
I wonder if the one F-117 that was shot down was part of the reason to remove it from inventory.