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US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft

Posted by Soulskill on from the watching-you-from-on-high dept.

DesScorp writes "Aviation Week reports that the USAF has confirmed the existence of a new, formerly secret stealth aircraft, designated RQ-170 Sentinel, developed at Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works. Rumors of a secret new jet have been flying since 2007, with longtime aviation journalist Bill Sweetman dubbing the possible aircraft 'The Beast of Kandahar' because of the urban legend-like reports from Afghanistan. The aircraft is a UAV, a pilot-less drone that appears to have some kind of reconnaissance-only mission for the time being. It's a tailless flying wing that resembles a fighter-sized B-2 bomber."

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  1. Re:That's a pretty easy thing to confirm by Kagura · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The RQ-170 is impossible to photograph.

  2. Re:Is it really that necessary? by Cwix · · Score: 1, Redundant

    A-fucking-men

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  3. Re:That's a pretty easy thing to confirm by Kagura · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Here's another photo that is much higher quality.

  4. Re:Is it really that necessary? by rhiorg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    An incomplete list of conflicts in the past 50 years wherein the US has fought adversaries possessing air power: - Vietnam War - Desert Storm - Iraq War ...not to mention the entirety of the Cold War. If you've ever been one of the guys on the ground, you're damn happy your team has control of the sky.