New Footage Shows F-117 Stealth Fighter Can’t Stay Retired
Photos have circulated this week of a pair of United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter jets taking part in an exercise in Alaska.
ByPeter SuciuPublished15 seconds ago
The F-117 Just Won’t Go Retire – Photos have circulated this week of a pair of United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter jets taking part in an exercise in Alaska.
Though the aircraft has been largely retired from service, Congress had ordered that all F-117s mothballed after September 2006 were maintained so that they could be returned to service – and clearly, even after all these years, the F-117 Nighthawk can soar.
The F-117’s Wings Haven’t Been Clipped
The two aircraft arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to take part in the Northern Edge 23-1 exercises that ran from May 4 to May 19.
The Nighthawks joined the five ships and more than 150 aircraft that were involved in the joint and combined training exercise, which was sponsored by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and led by Headquarters Pacific Air Forces. It serves to integrate land, air, sea, space, and cyberspace domains for joint, interagency, and multinational training.
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