Figured it might be found interesting/amuzing :
Russian TV just aired a segment about the man that downed the F117 back in the days of NATO bombing of Serbia.
Good old S-125 workhorse of Soviet era Air-defense, single missile. The guy was a major in Serbian ADT, Soviet-educated. He's retired now, owns and operates a bakery in a village 30mins from the capital, making traditional form of bread.
Naturally US/NATO declared a war on his unit right after the interception. The guy brought the camera crew to one of former locations of his unit and showed some pretty large holes in the ground where JDAMs went in.
They (the unit) were long gone, but left a running microwave oven at the location.
U can buy a piece of the plane (1"x1" or so), with a certificate, at a local aviation museum still there.
The TV story mentioned the unit still getting together , every year, at a restorant in the capital. And then they showed some footage from a recent gathering:
large crowd, traditional dancing & stuff and then
the lights went out and they wheeled in a cake, out of black chocolate, shaped after F117, with an emergency "candle" stuck into, throwing sparks and stuff. Somehow reminded me a scene from Cotton Club where they were celebrating the end of prohibition.
BTW, one of chief designers of Soviet SAMs, just celebrated his 80th b-day. Amongst many other things he pioneered use of vertical launch of SAMs, using compressed air @ insane pressures. Huge number of benefits to this method: missile stays in a container, fully protected from elements, no need to turn the turret in the direction of the launch path, missiles can attack cruise missiles and such - low flying targets with minimal windows of opportunity to detect and intercept.