[F-117A]

The United States has adopted a sort of rolling response policy to Saddam’s provocations in which attacks on various Iraqi military assets come "at a time and place, and in a manner, of our own choosing," Quigley said.

Does this mean they might take out the planes on the ground at the airbase they flew from?

[Tommyjo]

Anythings possible. A Predator armed with Hellfire missiles has in the past week attacked an air defence site situated in the Southern No Fly Zone.