In response to the heavy air-crew casualties suffered during the Vietnam conflict, a variety of small experimental aircraft were tested in the 1960s and 1970s to determine the feasibility of "stealthy" aircraft- vehicles incorporating design and materials technologies to reduce radar cross-section and obscure the signature of the aircraft.
http://www.fas.org/irp/mystery/history.htm
I claimed it was a "stealth" didin't give the model of the plane.
The Boeing X-45A demonstrator first flew in May 2002.
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/x-45-ucav/
And here's a NASA website with plenty of photos of the x-45 if you don't think the previous site is a reliable source!!!!!!!!
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/photo/X-45A/index.html
Hmmm......looks like the x-45 has stealthing characteristics to me......
Okay......there's your proof that stealth type aircraft were being tested (airborne) in the 60's, AND that extensive testing has been done on a ucav that has similarities to a stealth. Now....if you'd take the noose off my neck....I'd appreciate it!
Nothing I've said was "top secret", NOR have I suggested that CANADA has any type of top secret Arial program! We all know that the US has tested, and scrapped MANY MANY different types of aircraft. And like I said earlier (even if my dates were messed up), the first time WE seen the stealth was in.....well.....I guess it was Panama now?
Anyway, the proof is on the NASA website....testing with chase craft.....complete.....weapons testing......complete......standard flight testing......complete.......MAYBE....just maybe....the plane is ready for combat...
I'll be checking back frequently to read all of the apologies.......
Oh....and as far as it being used in Afghanistan goes......
(From a Feb. 13th Article)
Next month, Boeing will deliver the first of its new X45 pilotless bombers, with a 50-foot wingspan and the ability to refuel in midair. Northrop Grumman is working on an X47 model that's designed for use on an aircraft carrier.
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/13862793.htm