NASA130 N907NA holding at KLAS for departure to Moffett Field having arrived an hour earlier from El Paso

Su-27 (SNAKE1?) and F-15 (EAGLE1?) dogfighting over Tikaboo Peak between 0700 and 0800hrs on Wednesday 18-Apr-2012

as viewed from Windmill Ridge looking WSW

related stuff at  http://spongthrush.blogspot.com/tikaboo/

We have a mention in Air Forces Monthly Feb-11 edition.

F-117A 'Sabre 96' getting friendly with its tanker October 2010

Here's the F-117A '96' nestled under 'Sierra 99', KC-10 82-0191 from Travis.

The measurements of wingspan clearly in line with a standard F-117A at 43ft - the KC-10 is 165ft - so it is definitely not the supersize version that people say they saw in 2001. 

Whether it's actually tanking or hiding, who knows, but two days later when 'Sabre 96' was operating with 'Sierra 99', this time Travis KC-10 85-0029, he was told to 'break lock' which suggests it was refuelling.  Why it needed to tank before RTB is another matter given Groom Lake has plentiful fuel supplies....I'm assumng that it uses standard fuel.

Well, it looks like a standard airworthy, not retired, F-117A to me....

Sabre 96 near Groom Lake on 5-Oct-10

a bit of audio of Sabre 96 F-117A and its playmates

From TTR on 7-Oct.

Sabre 11 is N105TB Gulfstream II that departs the TTR at 1300 local time.  At the same time, Sierra 99 KC-10 85-0029 joined the test with Sabre 96 (F-117A?  same callsign and voice as 5-Oct) and Sabre 60 helicopter which went across TTR to Area 19B.  All working Ramrod on 337.5.

Also active were Cannon 1 and 2 A-10s in 'the Valley of Death' seen from Tikaboo Peak on 6-Oct-10 but also heard on 5-Oct-10.  Assumed not to be part of the test.