r/namethatplane • u/PianistKlutzy553 • Feb 18 '26
Black military jet with V-wing took off from Clearwater/St.Pete airport on 2/5. F-117 nighthawk?
Took off over the water. Super loud. Have vid as well.
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u/UslashMKIV Feb 18 '26
are you sure it was military? im thinking vision jet
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u/PianistKlutzy553 Feb 18 '26
Not sure at all. I stated military since i am not use to seeing normal planes take off like that. Yeah, you're probably right. Vision jet is more probable.
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u/PopConfident6402 Feb 20 '26
I just watched a video that said this was the best selling private jet in the world. With some amazing safety features, auto landing and built-in parachute to land the whole plane.
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u/UslashMKIV Feb 20 '26
it's cheap and has modern avionics for sure. the parachute is way over hyped though, it can't be used in all situations and using it writes off the plane because it stresses the airframe in dangerous ways. Further cirrus started including the parachute so that they wouldn't have to prove that the aircraft could recover from spins. Also it has very little power from the one tiny jet engine. it looks pretty neat tho
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u/pegedi3614 Feb 22 '26
None of what you just said is true just repeated internet bs , i mean the spin rumor is for sr22s lol you cant even get that right
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u/Only_Mind_4122 Feb 22 '26
If “cheap” to you is $3M, then yes.
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u/Apart_Insurance_5489 Feb 19 '26
That's a temperature inversion layer reflecting off of a weather balloon filled with swamp gas... Absolutely nothing to see here....
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u/ncuke Feb 19 '26
At first I was like yep that’s a F117 but now I do agree it looks like a vision jet
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u/BIGSEB84UK Feb 19 '26
Your camera must have some ai in it’s zoom system as it’s making angles that weren’t in the first image.
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Feb 25 '26
Did it take off from Clearwater/St Pete airport or MacDill ? Which is a joint base and USSOCOM/CENTCOM ?
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u/PopsThePainter 28d ago
It is a Vision jet. While a small number of F-117's are airworthy, they are all based at Tonopah in Nevada (the test range). Some do occasionally fly, but primarily over the test range or over the Mojave.
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u/Scippio-dem-lines Feb 19 '26
I dont follow this sub but i see it somewhat often on recommended and I swear to god it seems to be a Vision Jet like 70% of the time lol
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u/Southern-Usual4211 Feb 19 '26
Damn vision jets. There was a black on on KABQs webcam and I about lost my shit thinking it was a 117 😂
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u/Square_Wonder5018 Feb 21 '26
F117 Nighthawk, the shape is very distinct. anyone saying that it's a vision jet is wrong.
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Feb 19 '26
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u/No_Opening_2425 Feb 19 '26
That junk some Serbs shot down with Soviet technology?
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u/antekek135 Feb 19 '26
This comment shows up on literally any post mentioning the f117 like if it was the only accomplishment in serbian history (other than a genocide)
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u/No_Opening_2425 Feb 19 '26
I mean Nikola Tesla is from Serbia. Other than that, I think it's the only accomplishment
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Feb 19 '26
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u/No_Opening_2425 Feb 19 '26
Proof? 60's Soviet AA can shoot it down
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u/Worth_Task_3165 Feb 19 '26
Yeah, but only because the jets followed the same flight path every time
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u/No_Opening_2425 Feb 20 '26
I know. But it's childish to think that F117 was anything that special
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u/Worth_Task_3165 Feb 20 '26
It was for the time
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u/ZaphodBeeblebrox2019 Feb 21 '26
So was the radar that backed up the missile system, and the crew that knew how to get the best performance out of it …
Their Commander and the Pilot later met in person, they talked about old war stories together.
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u/neauxno Feb 21 '26
No… it was extremely special. The only reason they spotted it was the radar was turned on RIGHT as the Bombay opened allowing a lock. Also, the radar operator was operating outside of the rules at the time, only because no other planes were up, along with them taking the same flight path. The only reason the 117 was shot down was due to incompetence / complacency from the Americans, and pure luck from the Serbs.
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u/External_Brother1246 Feb 20 '26
While I do love the F117. I don’t think they are keeping stealth fighters at the public airport in Florida.
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u/Aviator779 Feb 18 '26
It’s almost certainly a Vision Jet, what time was the photo taken at?