When the Air Force’s F-117 stealth fighter, the supersecret “Black Jet,” was shot down by a Serbian surface-to-air missile on March 27, 1999, a radio call went into the night: “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. I’m Vega 31, on the way down.” That call came from the stealth fighter’s pilot, dangling beneath a parachute, scanning bare Serbian … Continue reading The Rescue of Vega 31