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The F-117s are technically still operational, even after their official retirement. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/retired-f-117-nighthawks-may-fly-for-a
by _djo_ 3y ago
The F-117s are technically still operational, even after their official retirement. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/retired-f-117-nighthawks-may-fly-for-another-decade https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/retired-f-117-nighthaw...
- hef19898 3y agoFlying is dofferent from being operational in the military sense. Still impressive that those bird are still airworzhy so.
- _djo_ 3y agoThey're still operational systems in the military sense, just no longer front line combat assets. They've been relegated to R&D & training.
- hef19898 3y agoSo they no longer have operational capabilitied for their initially intended role.
- _djo_ 3y agoYes, but this is splitting hairs a bit. Are training systems considered operational? It depends. In a systems readiness point of view, yes, they're operational even if they've been re-roled, as opposed to being withdrawn-from-use or having another status. But if you consider only front-line combat systems operational and exclude all other aircraft including training aircraft like the USAF's Texan IIs, then these wouldn't be included in that category.