Russians Admit Testing F-117 Lost in Yugoslavia

aviationweek/aviationnow.com ^ | oct-5-2001 | By David A. Fulghum and Robert Wall/Aviation Week & Space Technology

[green team 1999]

many freepers were right when the downing of the F-117 in kozovo will end up in russia.

[xm177e2]

BUT THE FIND IS PROVING somewhat less than a Rosetta stone to unlocking the secret of targeting stealthy aircraft. Because only sections of the F-117 survived intact, "we haven't been able to model the entire [low-observable bomber]," the official conceded. "It's not the same as testing against an undamaged F-117. You provide us with a complete stealth aircraft and then we'll tell you how effective we are against it."

IT'S A DEAL! </kidding>

[cmsgop]

F.You CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was his little present to eastern europe and all of his Commie friends.

[null and void]

Agreed. It should have been bombed into powder.

[American Soldier]

As I don't plan on going to war with Russia anytime soon, I'm more worried about the pieces of the F-117 that the ChiComs took while they were cooperating with the Serbs, as well as any research handed over by the Russians to the ChiComs and what was passed to North Korea by the Russians and/or the ChiComs.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Makes one wonder who 86'ed the air strike to destroy the wreckage. Comrade Klinton perhaps?

The Myth of Stealth

[CJ Wolf]

didn't a shotgun bring it down. Hey buy more shotguns, russia!

[boomop1]

We should have put an arclight/rolling thunder drop right over it or sent in big bertha on a C-130 but then this was Bill Clintoooon.

[Ranger]

Let's see, that an order for 1 whole F-117 to go, hold the pilot. You got it. Would you like fries with that?

[green team 1999]

this is the pieces of the wreck,and the russians have it,not the chinese.

[Straight Vermonter]

We didn't bomb this thing into tiny pieces???? You gotta be kidding me.

[VOA]

F.You CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amen to that.

[Shermy]

Why wouldn't they try to examine it? Get real. 100 times worse is our boys not ditching the spy plane but landing it in China, the very target of the surveillance. This still totally amazes me. Worse was Bush's loudmouthing about how it was unfair for the Chinese to keep it--the world stood amazed and laughing. Compare our civilians who took out the airliner the terrorists were planning to crash into D.C. Those were real heroes.

[fire and forget]

Now there was one good reason to send in some special ops on the ground: to recover our downed stealth fighter.

[green team 1999]

if the russians have the skin,then they might have the engine,even if engine partially destroyed still can be reverse enginered.

[exit82]

That's what I said the night the F-117 went down . I asked why we weren't sending a cruise missile to destroy the remains. Another treachery that X-42 has to answer for.

[Incorrigible]

Hey F-117A

Looks like the Ruskies got ya! :-)

[RasterMaster]

How old is this technology....We have technology the world has yet to see, and thanks to 'slick', this technology is now outdated. Once again, the Commies thank you, Billy.

[I got the rope]

SON OF A B%#*H!!! Clinton...you're a dirtbag.

[VOA]

That's what I said the night the F-117 went down .

Same here.
I was screaming at my computer and typing onto freerepublic.com "Why the h-ll
are we not seeing this downed plane erupt in a fireball...live on Yugo-TV?"

Probably because the country and our military was being run by wayward juveniles at the time.