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Skriven 2008-02-09 15:30:03 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 10757 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Tunnel vision
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07 Feb 08 23:34, Ward Dossche wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>WD>>>  were shot down. The B2A-crew perished.

 RW>> None of the stealth planes were shot down...

 WD> The wreckage of the downed F-117

There you go...however, you stated that one of the 'three' B2s was downed
and that's not true. There were only 2 of them and none was ever downed.

 WD>  is on display in the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade. It was shot
 WD> down on March 27 1999. Here are some links to photos:

 WD> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:F-117_canopy.jpg

"On the forth day of operations (March 27) F-117A # 82-806 crashed in
Yugoslavia. The pilot ejected and was rescued by Combat Search and Rescue
(CSAR) Teams inside enemy territory."

http://www.f-117a.com/Yugo.html

Notice that the canopy in your photo is not attached to the aircraft. It's
sitting on a table or something like one. The pilot helmet is on
another structure that can't be determined, but it's no part of the
aircraft in question. Nor can you say that the helmet belonged to the
pilot. This isn't proof that the aircraft was intact after the crash, nor
does it prove that the aircraft was shot down.

WD> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wreckage_of_F-117_shot_down_on_Marc
WD> h_22_1999%2C_near_village_Budjanovci%2C_Yugoslavia..jpg

No image. You should get with the Felon and have him show you how to use
'tiny url'...

"The F-117As flew only in night-time and often all twelve were launched."

According to Serbian sources a total of five F-117As were shotdown during
Operation Allied Force. (Of course, those sources also list a total of 353
NATO aircraft as shot down.) The #806 loss is obviously 100% confirmed.

Honestly, these other accounts are most likely false.

On April 2 Radio Zagreb (Croatia) reported that a F-117A made an emergency
landing in Croatian territory at Zagreb airport. Russian agency "Tass"
reported that a F117 was shot and barely made it to Zagreb.

A citizen of Zagreb posted on the internet:

"It was Zagreb's local Radio 101 who published the "story" about hit
F-117A forced to land in Zagreb. We all knew it was April Fool's joke.
Some locals in vicinity fooled by false report tried to see the aircraft,
but of course there was no aircraft to see. But the biggest laughter we in
Croatia had when we saw report on Serbian TV about "downed" F-117A. Since
we are accustomed to Serbian lies, we could not help ourselves but to have
additional laugh on Serbian account."

On Saturday, May 1 the New York Times reported that a F-117A had been
damaged (not shot down) by shrapnel from a SA-3 SAM and returned safely
back to Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. This rumor has been repeated in
the mainstream press on more than one occation. However, we don't know if
this is the same reference being reapeated, or multiple independent
references. Supposedly the F-117A suffered a close call with a SAM or AAA
and had a partial loss of the tail section. Another version is that it was
"leaking like a siv", had to be refueled three times in order to barely
limp back to base, and was written off as a total loss. This information
contradicts the fact that 24 F-117A's were seen returning to Holloman AFB.

It is technically possible that another F-117A WAS damaged, and as the
story was retold the "fish" got bigger and bigger. If another F-117A was
hit, it was definatly not a total loss and caused only minor damage.
Again, the USAF has not confirmed these rumors."

http://www.f-117a.com/Javaframe.html

 WD> Happy dreams.

Always: with mostly pretty girls, fast cars and plenty of drugs, beer and
other sustenance.

But sometimes ugly bearded 'furernurs' with funny looking fur hats makes
them laughablly hillarious, almost-nightmares.

                R\%/itt



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