Re: why did they destroy the F-117 airframes?


Message posted by Peter Merlin on November 19, 2009 at 12:39:38 PST:

Most of the F-117A production airframes are stored at Tonopah Test Range. The only airframe that has been scrapped is Article 784, the fifth pre-production Full-Scale Development (FSD) prototype. It was destroyed in August 2008 at Lockheed Martin's facility in Palmdale, California.

Total production included five YF-117A FSD airframes (articles 780 through 784) and 59 production F-117A airframes (articles 785 through 843).

Aircraft lost:
785, crashed at Groom Lake, NV, 20 April 1982, non-fatal
792, crashed near Bakersfield, CA, 11 July 1986, fatal
793, crashed near Baltimore, MD, 14 September 1997, non-fatal
801, crashed near Alamogordo, NM, 4 August 1992, non-fatal
806, shot down near Budjanovci, Yugoslavia, 27 March 1999, non-fatal
815, crashed near Tonopah Test Range, NV, 14 October 1987, fatal
822, crashed near Zuni, NM, 10 May 1995, fatal

Aircraft on display:
780 at Nellis AFB, NV
781 at USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
782 at Holloman AFB, NM (painted as 816)
783 at Blackbird Airpark, Palmdale, CA
785 at Lockheed Martin facility, Palmdale, CA (rebuilt with spare parts)

Aircraft scrapped:
784, broken up at AF Plant 42, Plamdale, CA, August 2008

Aircraft stored at TTR:
786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799, 800, 802, 803, 804, 805, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843


In Reply to: why did they destroy the F-117 airframes? posted by perplexium on November 19, 2009 at 10:33:26 PST:

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