Retirement of the F-117

scaeagles · 03-11-2008, 07:27 AM

I'm a bit of an aviation buff (though certainly no expert), and I found this to be quite interesting. Knowing that planes are not retired without something to take their place, I am certain the air force must have something well tested now that is taking it's place, which I figure means it's probably soon to be made known to the public.

Of course, I could be wrong. When the SR-71 was retired however many years ago that was, I figured the same thing, but then we never found out what it was that replaced it. A few SR-71s were returned to service for a short period of time, meaning that perhaps what they had to replace it didn't turn out so well. As many people assumed at the time, I figured it was the Aurora project, but I've haven't seem one yet and rumor has it that the aurora project was a failure.

03-11-2008, 07:27 AM	#1
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Retirement of the F-117 I'm a bit of an aviation buff (though certainly no expert), and I found this to be quite interesting. Knowing that planes are not retired without something to take their place, I am certain the air force must have something well tested now that is taking it's place, which I figure means it's probably soon to be made known to the public. Of course, I could be wrong. When the SR-71 was retired however many years ago that was, I figured the same thing, but then we never found out what it was that replaced it. A few SR-71s were returned to service for a short period of time, meaning that perhaps what they had to replace it didn't turn out so well. As many people assumed at the time, I figured it was the Aurora project, but I've haven't seem one yet and rumor has it that the aurora project was a failure.
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