Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!amdcad!military From: wyse!stevew@uunet.UU.NET (Steve Wilson) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: F117 in Gulf Message-ID: <1991Apr6.021111.14636@amd.com> Date: 5 Apr 91 22:19:47 GMT References: <1991Apr5.091656.7511@amd.com> Sender: military@amd.com Organization: Wyse Technology Lines: 21 Approved: military@amd.com From: wyse!stevew@uunet.UU.NET (Steve Wilson) >From: James William Stepanek >One interesting piece of information someone told me (it is from a >briefing in ROTC I assume not secret) was that the F117's flew 30% of >the bombing missions. I think the correct number was something like 40 % of the "Strategic" missions, i.e. against missions against hardened sights like command and control, et al. There were apparently two major reasons for this. The plane has an enormous advantage over other aircraft. It doesn't need any escorts, it just goes into the target alone( actually I think they fly in groups of 2 or 4 per mission....) but point being tht you don't need the CAP, nor the AAA supression that a normal attack sequence would require. The other advantage the plane had was something like a 100% availability rate. These two factors combined to make the F117 a real star (IMHO) Steve Wilson