wade@gouda.ucs.ubc.ca (Doug Wade) (01/18/91)
From: wade@gouda.ucs.ubc.ca (Doug Wade) Our local newspaper reported that B-2 stealth bombers were in the Persian Gulf. Am I right in assuming they err'ed and really meant the F-117?
dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith) (01/22/91)
From: dps@otter.hpl.hp.com (Duncan Smith) / otter:sci.military / military@cbnews.hpl.hp.com / 3:33 am Jan 21, 1991 / >>Our local newspaper reported that B-2 stealth bombers were in the >>Persian Gulf. Am I right in assuming they err'ed and really meant >>the F-117? > >Yes, they must have assumed that "stealth" == B2. They meant F-117 >stealth fighters. I wonder if some of the confusion might stem from the fact that we have so-called 'fighters' that seem to do nothing but drop bombs. They seem to have given up calling F-111s anything but bombers these days. Duncan