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The Air Force’s F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter Keeps ‘Rising from the Grave’

-The U.S. Air Force has since confirmed that a fleet of approximately 45 of the officially "retired" aircraft are still being flown for non-combat research and training missions until at least 2034.
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The F-117’s Fighter Myth and the Stealth Jet That Never Was

“Despite some common misconceptions, stealth is not a single technology, but rather a whole slew of overlapping technologies, production methodologies, and battlefield strategies.” That reflection, ...

Speed Makes Some Fighter Jets Easier To Track, Not Harder: Here's Why

The faster the fighter jet the better — or so you would think. The truth is, in some cases, jets are easier to track the ...
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Stealth down : the loss of the first F-117 Stealth fighter in combat and the dramatic rescue of the pilot / by Ross W. Simpson

"Co-published by Narwhal Press Inc. & Coastal Publishing Inc."--Jacket. "The exclusive story of a remarkable rescue that occurred during the Allied air campaign against Yugoslavia. On the fourth night ...
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Lockheed F-117 stealth fighter : Desert Storm's most secret airplane revealed! / by Jay Miller

Caption title: The Lockheed F-117 stealth fighter story. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!956649 ...
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F-117 Stealth Fighter

A single-seat, radar-evading bomber, the Nighthawk debuted in combat in Panama but made its name in the Persian Gulf War, where its pioneering radar-evading design allowed it to strike heavily ...
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Missing fasteners identified as cause of F-117 crash

MIDDLE RIVER, Maryland (CNN) -- An incorrectly installed part caused the crash of an F-117 stealth fighter at an air show near Baltimore on September 14, the Air Force said Friday. The F-117's wing ...