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The reports I've read seem to indicate that the F-117 used the same ingress and egress routes, it was flying in daylight, and that it was shot down by an SA6 op
by greedo 12y ago
The reports I've read seem to indicate that the F-117 used the same ingress and egress routes, it was flying in daylight, and that it was shot down by an SA6 operating in electro-optical mode. Not very good mission planning.
- stcredzero 12y agoGood information! Links?
- nisa 12y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Dani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Dani
- neurotech1 12y agoIt was at night. Poor planning was definitely a factor.
- greedo 12y agoTeach me to post based on my memory. Not only was it at night, but an SA-3 not an SA-6.
- hga 12y agoSimilar sorts of "not very good mission planning" occurred at the beginning of Linebacker II (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker_II Nixon bombing Hanoi etc.). It was initially run from SAC HQ in Omaha.... I wouldn't be surprised by equivalent micromanagement a few decades later, and the North Vietnamese also achieved some B-52 hits with salvo techniques.