- Global Security
The Air Force decided to retire the F117 fleet because a new generation of stealth aircraft including the B2 Spirit, F22 Raptor and soontobefielded F35 Joint Strike Fighter have better capabilities, and because the F117 is expensive to fly and mainta ...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-117.htm
| | - The F117A Nighthawk Information Center
This web site contains low resolution pictures, without captions, and limited information on the aircrafts munitions. ...
http://www.angelfire.com/art/F117anighthawk/
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- The Airman Magazine Placing Steel On Target
As Maj. Joe Salata skimmed over the desert of Iraq, flying his F117A Nighthawk in the initial wave of stealth fighters to bomb Baghdad the first night of Desert Storm, one thought nagged at him. ...
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/961000-air3.htm
| | - The Air Combat Command Public Affairs
The pilot, Maj. Bryan Knight, safely ejected. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Andrews AFB, Md., for treatment and observation. The aircraft crashed into a house, destroying it and damaging another. The F117A w ...
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/970915-f117.htm
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- Aerospaceweb
The F117 was the first attempt to build a production aircraft with a radar signature so small as to make it virtually undetectable. This revolution in stealth technology was due primarily to the development of computer programs able to compute the in ...
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/bomber/f117/
| | - F117A Black Jet
The history of the Nighthawk stealth fighter. Includes information on units flying the aircraft, serial numbers, actual and rumored losses, deployments and reunions. ...
http://www.f-117a.com/
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- The Stealth Fighter Association
The F117 Stealth Fighter Association was chartered as a nonprofit corporation in the state of Nevada, to organize and coordinate periodic reunions celebrating key events in the history of the F117 Aircraft, by those individuals involved in the creati ...
http://www.f117reunion.org/
| | - The New York Times
Air Force investigators now believe that Yugoslavia juryrigged its system of radars and communications to shoot down an F117 stealth fighter two weeks ago, and as part of an accelerated air campaign Pentagon officials are sending forces that could he ...
http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/041199kosovo-stealth.html
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- The Federation of American Scientists
The F117A Nighthawk is the worlds first operational aircraft designed to exploit lowobservable stealth technology. The unique design of the singleseat F117A provides exceptional combat capabilities. About the size of an F15 Eagle, the twinengine airc ...
http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/uswpns/air/attack/f117a.html
| | - CNN Specials
Our this web site provide interactive 3D model of the F117A Stealth fighter. ...
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/weapons/3d.models/index.117.ht...
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