Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
...it has always seemed unusual to me that they are never seemingly used in battle. There are enough witnesses, both knowledgable and non, who would have seen/noticed unusual things, especially flying things.
The three that jump out at me are the F-117 which took part in the invasion of Panama when still technically on the secret list. There's also "the beast of Kandahar" which turned out to be the RQ-170, or the "Stealth Black Hawk" used in the Bin Laden raid, details of which are still very scarce. That's just full sized aircraft. Drones are the latest thing - just saying.
Towed decoys were used over Kosovo despite being kept secret (I think embedded photographers were banned from taking / releasing photos showing the decoy housing on the aircraft they were so secret).
Stuff is being used "in battle". You just have to know where to look!
