Was The F-117 Nighthawk A Fighter Or A Bomber? Why The Jet's Designation Is So Confusing
The "F" in the F-117's name indicates that it's a fighter. But it wasn't armed for air-to-air combat. So was it a fighter? A ...
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Vega 31, the story of the USAF F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft that was shot down in Serbia
The cockpit cover of the F-117 Vega 31, displayed at the Belgrade Aviation Museum together with other remains of this ...
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Why The US Navy Retired The F-14 Tomcat Fighter Jet
The Tomcat could target rival aircraft over 90 miles away ... Military contractors were rolling fighters like the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter and the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber off the assembly ...
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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
The aircraft achieved a kind of cult status, including reports that it was linked to the well known — and totally fictional — F-19 stealth fighter. The F-117 flew in the Gulf War in 1991 ...
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Su-34 and F-117 are coming to War Thunder
Gaijin Entertainment announces that the online military shooter War Thunder will receive the “Firebirds” major content update in early November. Its main stars are the American F-117 stealth attack ...
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The world's first stealth fighter jet is being permanently retired - here's a look at the F-117A Nighthawk
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 retire the fleet permanently ...
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Was The F-117 Nighthawk A Fighter Or A Bomber? Why The Jet's Designation Is So Confusing
Lockheed's Skunk Works started its development of the F-117 Nighthawk in 1977 after the U.S. Air Force requested an undetectable fighter jet capable of wiping out high-value targets. The Air Force ...