What good are stealth fighters?

[Raleigh]

What's the difference between them and Stealth bombers? Are they just cheaper less effective SB?

Also, I don't understand why SF have "attack" values when they can't perform air superiority missions. Anyone have any thoughts?

[vmxa1]

Ah, none.

[Dis]

worthless .

I use jet fighters and stealth bombers.

[player1]

They are useful for recon.
Greater range then jets and won't get intercepted.
Good to scout for potential targets for your Stl. Bombers.

[Mad Bomber]

mod them to be able to perform air superiority.

they also have a higher defense than Stealth Bombers.

[Solomwi]

As player1 said, recon. Also, they're effective against AI units on radar towers and terrain improvements, freeing up your bombers and SBs to pound the hard targets, like MIs fortified in cities.

[Baron von Funk]

Yes, they are completely useless (IMO) unless they have air superiority. I mean after all, they are supposed to be fighters.

[Dis]

yeah, they should at least change the name . It's too american anyways.

Our real life stealth fighters don't have the maneuverability to intercept enemies as far as I know. Not that we would want to. The aircraft is too expensive.

[Kuciwalker]

The Stealth Fighter is cheaper, yes. That's it.

[Dis]

in fact, I don't think they really have any place in the USAF now that I think of it. Just more goverment pork.

Get rid of that and the worthless B-1 bomber

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by Dissident
in fact, I don't think they really have any place in the USAF now that I think of it. Just more goverment pork.

Get rid of that and the worthless B-1 bomber

Worthless? Hardly. The F-22 is set to deploy this year and the F-35 is set to begin operational deployment in the next year or two. Stealth Aircraft ARE the harbinger of the future, its sad that Firaxis has modeled them so poorly.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Mad Bomber


Worthless? Hardly. The F-22 is set to deploy this year and the F-35 is set to begin operational deployment in the next year or two. Stealth Aircraft ARE the harbinger of the future, its sad that Firaxis has modeled them so poorly.

I was talking about the F-117

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by Dissident


I was talking about the F-117

The F-117 was a good plane for its day, most people do not realize that the design of the F-117 is over 30 years old. It isn't obsolete, but it (and most of our other aircraft, like the F-15, ) likely will not be in service for much longer.

Firaxis should have modeled the Stealth Fighter after the F-22, not the F-117.

[Kuciwalker]

Actually that's a good idea - a Stealth Fighter that's actually a fighter.

Maybe that could be the American UU in cIV?

[gunkulator]

The F-117 flew only 2.5% of the missions in Desert Storm but accounted for something like 40% of the hits. In all, only 36 were deployed. It's big advantage is that it can fly in unescorted, whereas regular bombers and other strike aircraft need a whole flying circus of support planes. Overall the F-117 is simply a cheaper plane to fly.

But it is curious why the plane is designated a fighter when it was never intended to be used that way. It's not even supersonic.