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SixerViper
PostPosted: Mar 17, 2009 - 05:20 PM Reply with quote Back to top
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I read over in the F-22 section about how the F-22 and the B-2 were "the only two stealth platforms in the USAF" and it made me wonder: Have all the F-117s left the inventory now?

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Yes - as of August 11, 2008. They're being stored at Tonopah.

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

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April 2008 was when they were withdrawn from active duty. August 1st 2008 was when it was officially retired and the last airframe arrived at the Tonapah boneyard on August 14th.

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/23/business/fi-stealth23

http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123109357

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/08/08/310533/f-117s-final-formation-fling.html
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Thanks for the correction Smile

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Ha! No correction, while I was off looking up the dates you beat me to the punch Very Happy
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