Is it true that the US military F- 1 17 was obviously retired but was photographed many times in flight training?

The 49th Maintenance Squadron of the US Air Force carried out maintenance on the F- 1 17 Nighthawk stealth fighter at holloman Air Force Base, New Jersey on March 3, 20 14. Since retiring in 2008, F- 1 17 has been statically displayed in holloman Heritage Park. Even so, the retired F- 1 17 is still in the state of "flying storage" for training purposes in Nevada. In 20 17, the air force decided to dismantle four F- 1 17 fighters every year and completely destroy them.

According to the defense technology website in September 1 1 Sunday, recently, the world's first practical stealth aircraft F- 1 17 Nighthawk was photographed many times in the Nevada desert, but it has retired from active service. Why does it appear so frequently over military bases? In particular, this type of fighter has been listed as a "flying reserve" by the military since it was retired eight years ago, and it has been in a state of availability but unused;

In this regard, although the US Air Force said that F- 1 17 was no longer in active service, it was still photographed by enthusiasts many times during training. It is said that this may also be the fact that the Air Force is unwilling to admit that Lieutenant Colonel Schultz, a pilot of the US Air Force, died in the F- 1 17 on September 8.

According to the US Air Force, the US Congress authorized the Air Force to retire all 52 F- 1 17 aircraft from the battle sequence in 2007-2008, but hoped that they would remain available to cope with future high-intensity wars. In the 20 17 National Defense Authorization Act passed on February 23rd, 20 16, these F-17 will also be dismantled in 20 17.

But once F- 1 17 takes off again, it is not a "flyable asset". During 20 14 and 20 16, flight enthusiasts took photos of F- 1 17 in flight training, similar to F-65438.

In the definition of the US military, as long as an aircraft is listed as a "flyable asset", it will not be classified. However, the recent frequent actions of F- 1 17 have also made the outside world know that the US Air Force (or any research institution) is using these planes that should have been retired again. Because of this, the action of F- 1 17 became the United States. This incident will become the focus, and the biggest reason is the recent death of Lieutenant Colonel Eric Schutz, the 28th F-35 pilot.

Eric, 44? Lieutenant Colonel Schultz, whose plane crashed about 100 miles northwest of nellis afb last Tuesday, was injured and eventually died. The location of Schultz's incident is probably in Lake groome, which is the secret test base of the US Air Force, also known as "5 1 zone".

Since the Chief of Staff of the Air Force has indicated that the death of Lieutenant Colonel Schultz has nothing to do with the F-35, the outside world has begun to speculate on what kind of secret plans are there nearby. The statements are divided into three categories: Su-27, B-2 1, F- 1 17, which are listed as "flyable assets". However, the us air force is still. However, it is very likely that Schultz is driving an F- 1 17 fighter on the Internet.

Although Lieutenant Colonel Schultz was the pilot of the F-35 fighter, the chief of staff of the US Air Force said that it would never be the F-35 that crashed, which also triggered speculation.