[sci.military] F-117A: How old?

gardiner%LOCAL@cs.umn.edu (David Gardiner) (02/22/90)

From: gardiner%LOCAL@cs.umn.edu (David Gardiner)
Does anyone know how old a design the F-117A is?  From the
photographs, it looks relatively old.  Is there any evidence that
there is a newer stealth fighter (F-19?) and that the Air Force
released information on the F-117A simply to reduce speculation?

gwh%typhoon.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) (02/25/90)

From: gwh%typhoon.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)
In article <14239@cbnews.ATT.COM> gardiner%LOCAL@cs.umn.edu (David Gardiner) writes:
>Does anyone know how old a design the F-117A is?  From the
>photographs, it looks relatively old.  Is there any evidence that
>there is a newer stealth fighter (F-19?) and that the Air Force
>released information on the F-117A simply to reduce speculation?

It's possible that the disign is _old_. A rumor to the effect that there
is a second gen stealth fighter flying has been going around for a while now,
but there's no way to tell...[people who deal in black programs are 
usually pretty quiet].

-george