Fighters can down bombers, hence changing "policy".
No fighter makes a good bomber. It can't. The physics doesn't work that way.
Agreed. I think it is a mistake for the USAF to decommission the F-1117 (a misnomer to be sure...should have been the B-1117).
YOu mean the F-117?
I suggest it should have been an "A-11"
I think that putting down the F-117 is not a mistake. After all, it has served for some 20 years, not too bad a job for a two bomb attack aircraft. The entire fleet has as much combat utility as a single B-2A.
The F-35 has comparable penetration capabilities, with much lower operating costs and heavier bomb loads. I don't think anyone will miss the F-117.
The Naval UCAS will be coming along, and the AF will have the option of picking a few up.
And the next generation, is to water the eyes...