Re: Stealth helicopters


Message posted by beltway.bandit on August 30, 2012 at 22:35:24 PST:

Use of Senior Trend was planned and abandoned in both Lebanon in 1983 and Libya in 1986.

Concerns about disclosing the program, in the event that an aircraft was lost, led to use of white-world assets.

By the time of Just Cause, the F-117A had been public for a little over a year -- hints of the "stealth fighter" served as an October surprise, with the program officially revealed to the press, two days after the election.

(As it was, Just Cause led to significant program criticism, thanks to two of the six Nighthawks missing their targets during their only sortie.)


In Reply to: Re: Stealth helicopters posted by Eagle Scout on August 29, 2012 at 19:48:02 PST:

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