
http://en.wikipedia....F-117_Nighthawk
"One F-117 has been lost in combat, to Serbian/Yugoslav forces. On March 27, 1999, during the Kosovo War, the 3rd Battalion of the 250th Missile Brigade under the command of Colonel Zoltán Dani, equipped with the Isayev S-125 'Neva-M' (NATO designation SA-3 'Goa'), downed F-117A serial number 82-806 with a Neva-M missile. According to Wesley Clark and other NATO generals, Yugoslav air defenses found that they could detect F-117s with their "obsolete" Soviet radars operating on long wavelengths. This, combined with the loss of stealth when the jets got wet or opened their bomb bays, made them visible on radar screens. The pilot survived and was later rescued by NATO forces. However, the wreckage of the F-117 was not promptly bombed, and the Serbs are believed to have invited Russian personnel to inspect the remains, inevitably compromising the US stealth technology.[9]
The SAMs were most likely guided manually with the help of thermal imagers and laser rangefinders included in the Pechora-M variant of the SA-3s believed to have been used. It is unlikely that the radar could have gotten a solid track on the F-117 for more than a very short time, which would have not be enough to launch and guide an SA-3 to the target. Reportedly several SA-3s were launched, one of which must have exploded close enough to the F-117A to force the pilot to eject. According to an interview, Zoltán Dani was able to keep most of his missile sites intact and had a number of spotters spread out looking for F-117s and other aircraft. Zoltán and his missile crews guessed the flight paths of earlier F-117As from occasional visual and radar spottings and judging from this information and what target had just been bombed, Zoltán and his missile battery determined the probable flight path of F-117A #82-806. His missile crews and spotters were then able to locate it and fire their missiles. Zoltán also claims to have modified his radars to better detect the F-117A, but he has not disclosed what was changed. Parts of the shot-down aircraft are now presented to the public in the Museum of Yugoslav Aviation in Belgrade.
Some sources claim a second F-117A was also damaged during a raid in the Kosovo War, and although it made it back to its base, it never flew again.[10]"
Oricum, am impresia ca stii foarte bine calendarul bombardamentelor efectuate de F-117. Nu vreau sa pomenesc de servicii secrete aici, doar de propaganda...
Constat apoi ca discutia in contradictoriu pe Forum pare sa fie mai draga romanului decat cea constructiva... Nu m-am contrazis cu nimic, insa rationamentul e foarte logic. Dupa ce rusii au realizat bomba atomica - in mare parte gratie spionajului efectuat in tabara americana - au impartasit-o cu ceilalti? Nu. Fiecare tara, la zeci de ani diferenta, a trebuit sa munceasca din greu ca s-o fabrice. Asa ca, atunci cand pui mana pe un secret, il pastrezi si, eventual, il folosesti in favoarea ta. F-117 a fost folosit, probabil, la limita a ceea ce s-a considerat sigur. Cred ca americanii au un serviciu de informatii suficient de bun... 8-)