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Old 21st Aug 2010, 13:54
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Double Zero
 
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One might have thought the Israeli's would fancy a few secondhand F117A's if possible, as there will be a bit of a wait for F-35.

Or is the F-117 now detectable; that would be a reason for what seems a premature retirement, I know one was shot down in Serbia but that just seemed out of luck at low level against a surprisingly suitable radar -or indeed blind AAA,( though the word was radar guided ) no doubt instructions went out among the bad guy community as to what radar to use...

Of course the B-2 has F-15's alongside ( probably with transponders I would expect ) to mask its' RCS when in public, no doubt the F-35 will do similar.
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