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: Aircraft on display: Aircraft scrapped: Aircraft stored at TTR:
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
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)
784, broken up at AF Plant 42, Plamdale, CA, August 2008
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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