Long-Kept Secret Revealed: Serbs Shot Down Another F-117

The American portal “The Drive” affirms that the details of what happened to the other plane were known recently, and the retired Lieutenant Colonel of the US Air Force Arlie “Tuna” Heinlein, and former pilot of the F-117 , on the “Afterburn” podcast, Lino confirmed. it was just a rumor for many years.

Our air defense managed to hit another stealth aircraft, but still managed to return to base in Germany, “Novosti” writes.

The exact date of the impact is unknown, but it is certain that this event occurred during April 1999 after the downing of the first F-117.

The text recalls that on the fourth day of the NATO bombing, members of the Third Missile Division of the 250 Missile Brigade of the Yugoslav Army Air Defense shot down an F-117A, a US aircraft manufactured with stealth technology, which won his reputation as “invisible” in the Gulf War in Iraq. .

Pilot Dale Zelk was safely evacuated by US forces and his plane ended up in a field near the village of Buanovci near Ruma.

In his testimony, Heinlein described how another F-117 was hit. He claimed that two “invisible” planes, followed by F-16J planes, launched action over Belgrade from base in Germany. He was piloting an F-117, and when they flew over New Belgrade, both “invisible” were attacked by rockets fired by the Serbian air defense.

“I looked right up into the sky over Belgrade and saw a huge rocket approaching. It looked like Saturn V. I knew my boyfriend was number two. Then I saw another launch and a huge glow, smoke and then a fireball coming towards me, ”he said.

The American pilot claims that he still managed to avoid the explosion of the projectile and the downing of his plane with the help of the autopilot, and carry out his mission, that is, to bomb the proposed objective.

On the way back, however, he realized that the other plane was seriously damaged, but both planes managed to return to base, “Kurir” reported.