I would image that the same logic was used when they retired the F-117.
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.