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F-117A Stealth Fighter Retired

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-freaking-cool dept.

zonker writes "Nearly 30 years ago Lockheed Martin's elite Skunk Works team developed what would become the F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter. A few of their earlier projects include the SR-71 Blackbird and U2 Dragon Lady spy planes. Today is the last for the Stealth Fighter, which is being replaced by the F-22 Raptor (another Skunk Works project)."

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  1. Re:Fuel leaking SR-71's by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    That the forward fuel tank was empty.
    Yeah. A jet, on a Trans-Atlantic flight, has any empty fuel tanks at takeoff. Uh huh. Did I mention that I live in Florida and that I have some swamp land to sell you?

    Ask any airline pilot with Trans-Atlantic experience if there would be any empty fuel tanks on a Trans-Atlantic flight from NYC. Go on, really. I'll wait. I already know what the answer will be.

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