How the F-117s Weapons Work

[brainflash]

A sky shark with a freaking laser beam attached to its freaking head!

[BinariusDigiton]

It was a laser guided bummer the day these were decommissioned. I never once considered the possibility that the F-117 and the SR-71 would see their end during my lifetime.

[Gryphon-]

I got the pleasure of seeing this flying Dorito back at Miramar when I was a kid. I used to go to the air shows yearly. I didn't know that's how the sensors worked though, so that's really cool!

[lolbots]

this must be 2 generations obsolete if we have yt shorts about it

[roamingeek]

NOPE! Former F-117 avionics here. The FLIR and DLIR were basically identical, except that the FLIR never fired a laser. It was used for fwd target track lock based on either black hot or white hot mode from a cryo cooled CCD imager. It indeed did hand off to the DLIR. But only the down looking one fired the laser pulses for the GBUs.With 8 seconds at release and 8 seconds TTI.

[TLR_]

Fun fact: the f117 led the opening attacks in the gulf war

[toontonic]

One of the most amazing fighters in its time. Just loved everything about these.

[Moonlight]

I was 10 years old when i first saw this alien design in 1991 Gulf War. I was cutting by a scissor and collecting the airplane photos on the newspapers. It quite changed my airplane design perception forever. Very spooky and beyond its era.

[gustiwidyanta]

Yooo you fixed it! (in the original video, RE described the Paveway as a missile)

[weirdguy]

I still think it should be called the A-117, but the reason its called an F-117 sounds silly, but valid. They wanted good pilots, and good pilots only want to fly fighters. So, its a fighter that can only drop bombs like an Attack plane. Plus, maybe the name confused the Russian KGB for a few minutes?

[michaelpipkin]

I see you, Nellis I know the curves of your mountains better than the back of my pilots helmet.

[UnbarablePain]

Cutting edge technology at the time.
Now they stick these on drones that cost a fraction as much.

[BogeyTheBear]

Most bombing missions consist of two targets: The primary objective and the secondary one.

The primary is the reason you venture out over enemy territory in the first place. The secondary objective is a combination of _"Let's have a backup plan in case the primary can't be hit/While we're out here, might as well..."_

As such, a directed sortie gives you two shots at the enemy. So a stealth bomber with a warload of only two bombs can still do the job if those bombs are big enough for a one-hit kill and you have some advantage (stealth) to make sure those shots hit where it hurts most.

[Neferkariusz]

No wonder that as a unit in Empire Earth game it functions as a light versatile plane.

[GamingWander]

That’s some Shark Evolution with the laser on its head

[andrebaudoind]

I heard there was a plane called manta ray, any mention of it has been scrubbed the past few years but, its purpose, guidance for these f117s but they flew way way high up

[oxfordbully]

When i was a kid i own a f117 wrist watch that time i didnt know what plane model am wearing?? it was the year 2004 i came to know about this plane and i remembered my wrist watch

[colbywhite]

I was so sad finding out there were no offensive guns. This was by far my favorite plane in PS2 Ace Combat

[stevecaton]

These bomber's are decommissioned and the phantom jet fighter is still banging up the skies since the late 60's.gp figure?

[joekewl]

Still a beautiful piece of American machinery! Made in the USA 😉