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Subject: Stealth Fighter to Arabia
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Date: 17 Aug 90 02:37:25 GMT
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From: edat!root@uunet.UU.NET (Superuser)
The local news reported this evening that the Stealth (F-117A I
think we've all agreed on this) Fighter is being deployed this
evening (Wednesday) to Saudi Arabia.  

They will fly from Tonopah Nevada to Langley Virginia, and then
depart Langley in a day or so.  I suppose to wait for the lines
to go down at the gas station--its no fun to idle at a KC-?? when
the needle is pushin' red.

The Air Force is promising footage of the deployments.  This will
probably make the nationals as well.  Any footage I have seen 
is just one plane.  We may get to see an actual flight this time.

This is an interesting move, because the stealth is a very aggressive
weapon.  That is one of its main missions is to strike heavily 
defended C^3 or similar sites of tactical importance.  SAM sites
are another specialty.  I understand a SAM site sees them for 
all of maybe 30 seconds to 1 minute before it is already overhead.
A HARM missle will take care of such a site right about then as 
well.  

The plane is no dogfighter, but is a good replacement for the F-111,
though not supersonic.  We shall have to wait and see if it is used
again and how it performs this time.


Brian Douglass			uunet!edat!brian