What if the USAF's NGAD demonstrator is really just the jacket/casing of an F-117A Nighthawk?
"Superamus Perstamus Letamus"
Earlier, Scramble Magazine wrote about "Did USAF's secret NGAD come out on purpose?". Multiple media outlets have made numerous articles about the recent Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk sightings and the announcement of USAF's future Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) aircraft.
After having analysed various movements, sightings an photographs, Scramble Magazine assesses that USAF's future NGAD-systems are likely built with, around and in some surviving F-117A Nighthawks. The most obvious indication is the presence of the "Superamus Perstamus Letamus" badge on the fuselage, which is clearly visible on the photos. The 117 flights through the recent years, over Death Valley, during carrier exercises in the Pacific, in formation with a NASA F-15 that carried pods, and so on, could all be involved in NGAD-system testings.
On 14 September 2020, during a surprise move at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Arlington (VA), Dr. Will Roper stated that a Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) had already been built and a full-scale flight demonstrator had flown.
Lessons learned from the early stages of the USAF F-15, F-16, F-22, F-35 and various (un)disclosed "Black Project" programmes, like the F-117A Nighthawk, indicate that engineers, large companies and corporations, the military and the government should be involved as soon as possible.
From 19 October till 23 October 2020, Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command (ACC), had toured Nellis AFB (NV) during a week-long visit. During that week multiple seminars and presentations were held at Nellis.
Strikingly, Scramble Magazine was made aware that one F-117A (out of a two-ship) flew from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (CA) to Nellis on 22 October 2020. Gen. Kelly stated that Team Nellis is truly at the tip of the spear when it comes to advancing the USAF toward the digital modernisation and that it will take to win tomorrow’s fight.
USAF's NGAD programme is all about digital design technology. Eventually, USAF's NGAD - in a complete different shape and body as the F-117 - will be able to carry out any kind of mission. Air-to-air, Air-to-ground, Air-to-sea, Air-to-space and even unmanned missions.
Photos: Santos Caceres via RampCheck Global / patch via Aviator Gear