F-117s

[raameagle]

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4 ... ning-shots

[Ross Forsyth]

Ross,
25th June 1999 per chance?
Regards
Mark

I Caught 12 transitting back from the Bosnian Conflict at Spangdahlem in 1999/2000 if I remember correctly,had no idea they were even on the airfield when we rocked up that morning! The story of the day was we arrived and about and hour or so later the Frecce Tricolori recovered into Spang,couple of hours later we hear start ups and count them thinking its going to be based SP jets finally starting the days flying,oh fudge 12 start ups must be the Frecce getting ready to depart! Low and behold what appears coming up the sloping taxiway but 12 F-117`s......oh to have taken pictures that day!

Might well have been Mark,we had A-10`s return from deployment the same day

[raameagle]

Ok, we left after the first 12 F-117s departed for home but logged 19 in total that day which made up for the fact that we only saw 2 out of 12 at Aviano a month or so before! :-)
Regards
Mark

Ross,
25th June 1999 per chance?
Regards
Mark

I Caught 12 transitting back from the Bosnian Conflict at Spangdahlem in 1999/2000 if I remember correctly,had no idea they were even on the airfield when we rocked up that morning! The story of the day was we arrived and about and hour or so later the Frecce Tricolori recovered into Spang,couple of hours later we hear start ups and count them thinking its going to be based SP jets finally starting the days flying,oh fudge 12 start ups must be the Frecce getting ready to depart! Low and behold what appears coming up the sloping taxiway but 12 F-117`s......oh to have taken pictures that day!

Might well have been Mark,we had A-10`s return from deployment the same day

[POL]

Now I know what I'm looking at, the serial, although scrubbed out, is actually visible on what I've started calling "TR red" - which is now know to be 841:

[Blueshirt01]

Hi all,

Did anyone ever get the registration of the one that carried out a single fly past at Woodford airshow on 3/6/2000?

Many Thanks

[sschofield]

Hi all,

Did anyone ever get the registration of the one that carried out a single fly past at Woodford airshow on 3/6/2000?

Many Thanks

(88-0841/HO) according to the Scramble show report

[sschofield]

Hi all,

Did anyone ever get the registration of the one that carried out a single fly past at Woodford airshow on 3/6/2000?

Many Thanks

(88-0841/HO) according to the Scramble show report

Which I've just realised is one of the 2 jets currently in Fresno!

[Blueshirt01]

Brilliant thank you, cheers for that

[quid21]

Amazing to see that it's still in service, and clearly we know it has been for a while now, but it's made that much more official when it flies into a base that releases a statement about the deployment!

Not the prettiest aircraft, and outdone by the modern **** stealth platforms, but still low observable and a low IR aircraft I can see why they wanted to keep using them for air combat training roles.

[65thAgressor]

On YouTube by spencerhughes F117 nighthawk in 2021 . Shows two flying in fresno,good video.

[Blackcat1]

Reminds me of Allo Allo

Allo or Hello Nighthawk

Once a Knight is never enough

[Annsamtree]

Bit late, but saw the other F117 on the drive website as 811 TR white
Sorry just noted rameagle posted this site earlier


http://thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42410/ ... e08HomC7-Q