Re: OT F-117 retired


Peter Stickney wrote:
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It's worth noting that the B-17 wasn't retired from the USAF until the late
1950s. (It served in Rescue, Photo-Mapping, and Weather Recon roles, as
well as as a Utility Transport and Pilotless Aircraft. (AS in both a target
and as an air-sampler for A-and H-Bomb tests. The B-24 was dropped like a
hot potato, and was pretty much gone by 1948.

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Pete Stickney
Without data, all you have is an opinion

Welcome back to sci.space.*, Peter! You're one of the voices we always
want more of (planes, rockets, computer labs, dorm fires ... we'll take
it all!).

/dps

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