Senior figures thought that “stealth” meant “invisible”, so one ended up flying in contested airspace in daylight. There’s no indication that it was seen on radar, but a local MiG pilot spotted it and made short work of shooting it down.
(, Fri 21 Aug 2020, 15:30, Reply)
Not entirely how it happened.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_F-117A_shootdown
(, Fri 21 Aug 2020, 17:17, Reply)
Interesting that account doesn't mention that the SAM battery was there because the F-117s had taken that route in and out of Serbia several times over the previous nights.
(, Fri 21 Aug 2020, 19:27, Reply)