Fantasy and Fact About the F-117 Strike

摘要

The F-117 strike at Rio Hato was a relatively minor part of the operation, but it played big in the political aftermath when Michael R. Gordon reported in the New York Times that the aircraft had missed their targets by more than 300 yards. According to Gordon and the Times editorial page, the Air Force had hoped that use of the stealthy F-117 in Panama would "buttress the case" for its "aeronautical cousin," the B-2 stealth bomber, and that its failure called the technology into doubt.