On: Why was the F-117 retired so quickly?

[scheme271]

That seems off. The U-2 used the same engine as the Boeing 707 and then later the B52 back then. And I can't imagine that the engine are really all that powered up on landings since the U-2 acted a lot like a glider when landing.

[graupel → scheme271]

Well, every U2 that lands needs to take off again, so maybe it was related to takeoff more than landing...

[scheme271 → graupel]

Sure but B52s have 8 of those engines and they don't need baffles and/or aren't destroying them on a weekly basis. That story could be true but it seems unlikely that it would be U2 planes that are causing enough turbulence to destroy piled up mounds of dirt by the runways.

[h2odragon → scheme271]

I dunno if the individual was correct; he may have guessed or been told; or may have made the entire story up for all i know. But i doubt that last.

I figured it was landing turbulence; them things come in hot.