their made not to be seen by enemy radare there not made to not be seen be the human eye

I know this is a old thread but it really buggin me , the two pics are fake there doctored :)

I saw a stealth bomber fly over backbay in Boston on Sunday. I almost spoiled my pants. Makes me wonder wonder whats going on in the white house after Russia started flying there bombers over American soil a week ago. hmmmm. can you say cold war part 2!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/09/AR2007080902211.html

Didn't ya'lls play with stealth bombers as kids??

Jeez...of course it is a B-2 Stealth Bomber, the only flying wing plane I know...???

i hope it has bombed all you fuckin' yankees, i am russian!!

Yeah... It IS STEATH... it was just FLYING LOW!!! duhhhhhhhh!

I visiting Ground Zero on the day and saw it fly low overhead the site before it turned north.

Saw one just last week flying over Poughkeepsie NY...was at most 3000feet up and was deadly quiet...

saw the bomber while fishing in the bay ,cool sight,bad fishing

I'm glad the government has found a use for the stealth bomber

I saw the stealth bomber Saturday afternoon between 1 and 2 pm while we were on Randalls Island. Also saw three Boeing Chinook helicopters, in what looked like US Navy livery (grey) flying south along the east river. 10 minutes later saw them flying north again up the Hudson.

A week before that, I was stunned by a very low overflight by a pair of F/A 18s (I think). Only really saw them from behind, but they had the v-shaped twin tail and seemed too small for F-14s or F-15s. (see http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-18-pics.htm)

Anybody know what they were up to?

I was on the hudson and saw them overhead. They are B-2's, not F-117's. They did two passovers. the first was at 5,000 ft then second at 12,000 or so ft.

The helicopters today (Monday) were Marine 1 and 2 along with two other hueys for the presidents personel.

I saw the bomber up close near Columbia's law school (where Amsterdam Avenue begins to go downhill). It was, in effect, coming down Manhattan at a 90 degree angle (basically, in line with Amsterdam Avenue). It then resumed a normal flight attitude over Low Library. When I first saw it, at the odd angle, coming right towards my position, I had to pull my car over because I just could not believe my eyes. And then, when it adjusted its angle of flight, what with its size, and the noise of the engines, and the jet fuel smell,it was just incredible. It was mighty cool. And, it reminded me of Col. Kilgore's comment: You know that smell? That gasoline smell? It smells like...victory.

FWIW, a nighthawk -- the actual bird -- is part of the goatsucker family. Yup. These are goofy looking birds that fly through the air catching bugs in their huge mouths. Great name for a warplane (or a commenter here!). Latin name: Caprimulgidae. Check it out. You know I'm right....

Those are pics of the B-2. Those aren't F-117s. F-117s look much, much different. That said, the pics look faked. Apparently they really were over New York, but I don't think those particular photos are real.

The planes are black because of the radar-absorbing materials used. They aren't painted black to be hard to see at night--they're painted black because that's the color of the radar-absorbing paint.

andy - the way i heard it was that the ideal color for night was a pastel purple, rather than baby blue. but no combat pilot ever would fly a pink looking warplane.

those planes are definitely b-2s, and they're big strategic bombers initially designed to ninja through soviet air defenses and drop nuclear weapons. like the b-1s, but stealthier.

the f-117s are much smaller, tactical planes. they would look like little dots in those photos.

Not a big deal or out of the ordinary for many people in other parts of the country.

It shouldn't be surprising to see one. They are only "stealth" to radar coverage.

Sweet! PR stunts have always been my favorite way the gov't spends my tax dollars, especially on all of those douches from Conneticut.

Please...

I looked at pics of both planes. I strongly beleive that these are pics of the F-117. The angles are too acute for the B-2. F-117 it is.