Contrary to popular belief, the F117 can be tracked on radar. It's very difficult but can be done. I've done it and know others that have as well
(Brits in 1992). The F117 was primarily designed to be invisible to high frequency radars and nearly invisible to long range air search radars (low
freq types). High Freq radars are the fire control radars, meaning that the NightHawk is nearly impossible to lock up but not impossible to track.
Given the Serbs knew the track, if you find one and then shift to thermal sights for the SA-6, a shoot down isn't very surprising.
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It sure was a good read that just shows how much effort goes into training a pilot and how much of a mess it can turn into when some pilots don't
concentrate.  I read it when you first posted it so here is that belated thanks,
thanks.
Stellar
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There are so many inaccuracies in this story that it's not even funny. First of all the Serb Commander was not using a specially modified radar
system or a home built device. That's all pure BS. The real truth is the Serbs were using a 45 year old radar system they had gotten from Russia.
This radar system employed long wave length radar which no one uses any more. All most all of the current up to date radar systems utilize short wave
length radar which cannot detect stealth aircraft like the F-117. It was pure fluke that the Serbs even had that older system because they would have
preferred to have had one of the newer systems. Had they had one of the most advanced radar systems in use today, they would have never seen the F-117
on their radar screens thus they wouldn't have shot it down. That is the true story all this other crap about a specially modified radar system is
nothing but pure crap.
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