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The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a retired American single-seat, subsonic, twin-engined, stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works division and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). It was the first operational aircraft to be designed with stealth technology.
On 27 March 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, a Yugoslav Army unit shot down a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth ground attack aircraft of the United States Air Force by firing a S-125 Neva/Pechora surface-to-air missile. It was the first ever shootdown of a stealth technology airplane.
In 1978, the Air Force awarded a full-scale development contract for the YF-117A Nighthawk to Lockheed Corporation's Advanced Development Projects. On 17 January 1981 the Lockheed test team at Groom Lake accepted delivery of the first full Scale Development (FSD) prototype #79-780, designated YF-117A. [1]
On 10 November 1988, the long-rumored existence of the F-117 Stealth Fighter was finally officially confirmed by the Pentagon. [5] In 1990 the last F-117A was delivered. and the flight test squadron no longer had to perform acceptance flights at Groom Lake.
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Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft: 1981: retired 2008: 64: 2,300: Lockheed P-3 Orion/CP-140 Aurora/Arcturus maritime patrol: 1959: operational: 757: 9,100:
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F-117 is the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, an American stealth attack aircraft. F-117 or F117 may also refer to: Pratt & Whitney PW2000 (military designation F117), a turbofan jet engine; HMS Ashanti (F117), a British Royal Navy Tribal-class frigate; HMS Misoa (F117), a British Royal Navy Maracaibo-class LST Mk.I tank landing ship