Is there really an F117A stealth aircraft shot down in Serbia?

Question

Is there really an F117A stealth aircraft shot down in Serbia?

Answer 1

Yes.

It seems that the US had broken one of the golden rules of operations NEVER FLY YOUR STRIKE PACKAGES OVER THE SAME ROUTE DAY AFTER DAY!. They seem to have been doing this. The Yugoslavs moved a SA-3 battery into an ideal location for this and used a combination of radar and optical guidance to launch 4 SA-3 missiles at the Nighthawk. The optical system on the SA-3 is rated at 25Km under ideal situations. One of them exploded near the Nighthawk, the pilot reported that this damaged the control systems making the plane unflyable. So there you go - a 1960's system shot it down using a combination of common sense, operator skill and luck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-CyCD803...

Answer 2

Despite its successes in the Kosovo and Iraq Wars and its high mission-capable rate, the F-117 was nonetheless designed with late 1970s technologies. Its stealth technology, while still more advanced than that of any other aircraft except the B-2 Spirit, F-22 and F-35, is maintenance heavy. Furthermore, the facet-based stealth design has been surpassed by newer technology. Program Budget Decision 720 (PBD 720), dated 28 December 2005, proposed retiring the entire fleet by October 2008 to allow for buying more F-22As. PBD 720 called for 10 aircraft to be retired in FY 2007 and the remaining 42 aircraft in FY 2008 and stated there were other more capable Air Force assets that could provide low observable, precision penetrating weapons capability including the B-2, F-22 and JASSM. In March 2008, the Air Force decided to retire the F-117 sooner to shift funds to modernizing the rest of the fleet.

Answer 3

nice :) trying to convince someone that Neva shot down someone using optical guidance...eeerr.. at night.

the F117 reportedly happened to be victim of airspace saturation, and was hit by a missile launched against a non-stealth plane.

as for the negative answers... there is plenty of pictures all around the internet showing the remains of that plane. Even though the Serbs initially claimed that they captured the pilot this is not true.

Answer 4

YES OF COURSE!!!

SORRY, WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS INVISIBLE!!!

LONG LIFE SERBIA!!!

Answer 5

Yes, and if Bill Clinton would not have attacked Serbia to try to distract us from his evil lies and adultery then that plane would still be safe at the base, and thousands of innocent Serbians would not have died in Clinton's evil war. As an American, I am disgusted with the actions of Bill Clinton and I ask the people of the world to please not blame all Americans for what Clinton did.

Answer 6

No

Answer 7

http://www.aeronautics.ru/f117down.htm

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