Message posted by Q-nimbus (Member since 08/20/2020) on March 07, 2025 at 14:53:23 PST:
“I never heard RATT55 (SABRE98) during that mission. KNIGHT 2 was flying with one of the Beech Janets, N661BA as SABRE 41. I don't think it was radar signature testing, but rather testing of an onboard avionics, radar, ECM or other system on the F-117. Hopefully time will tell :-)“ Thank you for the correction, I was a bit too quick with my assumption about RAT-55. Still, a 30 year old platform flying out of the most secret base in the US? And that while there must be scores of Russian material evaluation programs going on, drone antenna’s are being built as if they’re crates of Budweiser, and here’s a program with 30 year old planes that’s so important that to guarantee it’s continuance they moved it from TTR to Groom Lake. I never believed that there were a lot of black airframes that the public never knew about. Sure, there have been some, but I believe Area (1 has always been more about deep black and classified systems rather than experimental airframes.
But reports like this thrill me. Like the NG video about the trailer.
Right now, I believe Groom Lake has never been busier. A 30 year old aggressor or radar evaluation frame like the F117 doesn’t fit in my opinion.
In Reply to: Re: Knight 2 flying out of Area 51 posted by Joerg (Webmaster) on March 07, 2025 at 9:54:39 PST:
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