Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: brooksp@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Peter Brooks) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: F-117A performance? Message-ID: <1991Jan23.043709.7563@cbnews.att.com> Date: 23 Jan 91 04:37:09 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 18 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Peter Brooks / hpcc01:sci.military / brooksp@hpcc01.HP.COM (Peter Brooks) / 12:52 pm Jan 21, 1991 / Our local radio station (KGO in SF) has a reporter in Saudi Arabia, and he got drafted to be the radio pool reporter. I've heard a few interviews where the station was actually able to make contact with him for long conversations. He was with the group that had the F117As, and he got to see the videos after the first strikes. Apparently, the 37th was the first group into the tough targets, and they were responsible for some of the spectacular hits on Bagdad and other targets. Apparently the combination of an F117 and a smart bomb is pretty devastating. I've heard that the nickname for the 117 is the Wobblin' Goblin, but hey, why *should* it be easy to fly? The pilots seem pretty happy with its performance.. Pete Brooks ----------