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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 21:15 pm 
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CAG Hotshot wrote:
Well the F-117s are going into flyable storage, but I seriously doubt we would give them to anyone...


No, its not about selling out of date 1st generation stealth technology to our 'allies', we are already doing much more then that by selling them the brand new 3rd (perhaps even 4th?) generation Steath technology in the F-35...

Its more about how none of the allies would be interested in buying any of them, considering the age of the airframes (20+ years) and the cost of spares (non-existant) and the cost of pilot training (also now non-existant for this aircraft, as the training and support section was disbanded in 2006)...

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the f-4 is my favourite aircraft after the f-14. you can do anything with an f-4 wether it is migcap or sead or a bombrun. f-117 is awsome too and i am astounded to see USAF retiring it. im afraid they will have the same fate as the poor f-14s which were shreded.

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1st gen stealth costs a fortune to maintain, the AF will be much happier once they dont need the Nighthawks anymore.

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