Serbian commander used ‘innovation’ to down stealth fighter

COLONEL Zoltan Dani was behind one of the most spectacular losses ever suffered by the US Air Force: the 1999 shooting down of an F-117A stealth fighter.

This week, for the first time, the former Serbian commander of an anti-aircraft missile battery has consented to speak publicly to Western media about the circumstances surrounding the unprecedented downing of a US stealth plane.

The March 27 hit during the 78-day NATO campaign over Serbia triggered doubts not only about the F-117s, but about the entire concept of stealth technology on which the US Air Force has based its newest generation of warplanes.