Being the most technologically advanced aircraft in history, one could argue that's a tech novelty they got shut down by some obliterated, imprecise weaponry.
> Being the most technologically advanced aircraft in history...
More advanced than the F-117? The B-2? The SR-71? Nah.
Maybe you're confusing the F-15 and the F-35?
Being the most technologically advanced aircraft in 1969 ... a novelty indeed.