[PeterPrinciple]

Despite the F-117 fleet’s retirement from active service, the USAF is moving forward with plans to integrate it into the KC-46’s refueling capabilities.

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have to finish the contract

[The Unknown Republican]

Something makes me believe they intentionally designed it to fail the A-10.

[Yo-Yo]

A certain number of F-117s are still in active use as training aircraft, standing in for enemy stealth fighters and stealth cruise missiles during exercises such as Red Flag.

https://www.twz.com/41642/f-117-aggressors-photographed-low-over-the-nevada-desert-during-red-flag-war-games

[Pete Dovgan]

That means it’s still in use for something.......

It’s partially retired.

[ConservativeWarrior]

This comes mere weeks before the highly anticipated announcement that the F4-U Corsair has been approved to use third party replacement vacuum tubes.

What a fascinating modern age.

[Mr. Mohasky]

I first wondered why go through this exercise. Then I remembered the F-117 is still used for training our pilots to detect stealth aircraft with our modern fighters and technology.

[whitney69]

Why? The F117 has been retired for 16 years and will just be another plane for training that already has a long list of workable aircraft. Examples of such jet trainer aircraft include the supersonic Northrop T-38 Talon, Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk, the BAE Hawk, the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, the Aero L-39 and Aero L-159, the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, the KAI T-50 Golden Eagle, the Guizhou JL-9 and the Yakovlev Yak-130.

How much is enough?

wy69

[whitney69]

Why? The F117 has been retired for 16 years and will just be another plane for training that already has a long list of workable aircraft. Examples of such jet trainer aircraft include the supersonic Northrop T-38 Talon, Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk, the BAE Hawk, the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, the Aero L-39 and Aero L-159, the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, the KAI T-50 Golden Eagle, the Guizhou JL-9 and the Yakovlev Yak-130.

How much is enough?

wy69

[BobL]

“Despite the F-117 fleet’s retirement from active service...The A-10 ground attack aircraft, which is set to retire in the next three to five years.”

Take that Putin!!!! We’re retiring our Air Force just before starting World War 3 because WE ARE AMERICA and therefore WE ARE INVINCIBLE!

(hard to believe that we’ve been indirectly fighting Russia for the past 2 years and are damn close to fighting them directly - but Leftist policies to continue the DISARMING of the US continue, unabated, without even a peep from the Republicans...and people wonder why I don’t this bunch starting WW3)

[Portcall24]

Wobblin’ Goblin. Not one of the easiest aircraft in USAF inventory to fly.