F-117 caught leaving Tonopah

a reply to: anzha

That f16 that u speak of had an article written about it ..it was a 2 seater with sum pod....are they using the f17s to come up with counter stealth measures...and if so why not use f22 or f35s?

a reply to: Slys13

It was an IRST pod. They're using the F-117 because it has a lower IR signature and doesn't require them to tie up airframes that could be doing other things.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Guess that makes sence!

hmmm. different sort of leaving.

a reply to: anzha

They're going to be doing that for a long time.

a reply to: Zaphod58

What are they testing though?

a reply to: anzha

Multiple systems, ground and aircraft based. Our 2016 sighting there was a new antenna mounted at the peak of the fuselage behind the cockpit.

a reply to: Zaphod58

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Today The War zone has about 4:30 minutes of audio and some of it is from the F-117 who seemed to have run an exercise in the Groom Area

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originally posted by: anzha
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This is the kind of stuff I starting coming to ATS for.

Which platform is Stealthier?The F117 or the F35?

I was reading about this exercise earlier in the aviationist

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One thought I had was that would the F-117 make a good test bed for alternate RAM/RSM materials? Nobody could really tell if she was flying in a different dress and it would allow direct comparison of performance vs the original in a real time situation.

Is that even feasible?

originally posted by: DrBobH
I was reading about this exercise earlier in the aviationist

theaviationist.com...

One thought I had was that would the F-117 make a good test bed for alternate RAM/RSM materials? Nobody could really tell if she was flying in a different dress and it would allow direct comparison of performance vs the original in a real time situation.

Is that even feasible?

Reference to Samamishman for the photo in that article!

Seeing the F117 had the radar signature of a 5/16" ball bearing Im not sure they can make it stealthier..If they are trialing new RAM then it would show up hotter or colder on the F117.Would putting it up the pole do the same vs flying it?