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Skunk Works: How the U.S. Military Became a Stealth Fighter Superpower
Summary: When Lockheed's F-117 Nighthawk entered service in 1983 ... This led to the creation of the Hopeless Diamond model, whose radar cross-section was so low that it became invisible during ...
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Why is the F-117 Nighthawk still flying?
Considering its long and secretive history, we shouldn't be terribly surprised by any news on the US Air Force's F-117 Nighthawk. The iconic stealth fighter was officially retired in 2008 ...
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The F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter jet is being permanently retired
An curved arrow pointing right. The world's first stealth combat jet, the F-117A Nighthawk was officially retired in 2008, but remained in "flyable storage" condition. The 2017 defense budget will ...
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F-19 Stealth Fighter: The Most Questionable (and Beautiful) Aircraft of the Cold War
became the foremost civilian expert on the F-117. He produced the first 1/32 scale model kit of the Nighthawk in 1991, which is still considered the most accurate Nighthawk kit ever made.
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15 years after 'officially' retiring its first stealth jet, the US Air Force is looking for help to keep the F-117 flying for another decade
When it first flew in the early 1980s, the F-117 Nighthawk was the first operational stealth aircraft. The F-117 has been officially retired for about 15 years, but its retirement has been far ...