Special Ops?

[satpak77]

They rent and lease anything that get the mission done! They don't have ownership of any aircraft. Are you sure you are talking about the Fort Bragg guys? They are not Special Operations but they are Special! very special!!!!!

you just brought a thread from 2004 back alive

 

[JimNtexas]

The F-117 pilots didn't tell people that they flew "a secret aircraft that I can't tell you about." They said that they flew A-7's.

Nothing draws attention quicker than saying "I've got a secret & I can't tell you. Sorry." Guys who actually do such things avoid drawing attention to themselves & their work.

I'll give you a 95% chance that the guy who said that was utterly blowing smoke. Those who actually do things they can't talk about (a) are almost always far more professional than to advertise the fact, and (b) have a cover story that satisfies casual interest while protecting what needs to be protected.

Oh, you fly A-7's, huh? That's nice. (yawn) Know any good bbq places around here?

I can second that. I don't know anything about special ops, but I do know that the original F-117 had cover stories ("I'm working in a FWS test unit, we test night bombing stuff with some old A-7s"), and that the last thing that they would say was that they were in a secret program. I'm sure Special Ops guys are the same.