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A 1992 survey in the magazine of wargames with modern settings gave the game four stars out of five, [4] and a 1994 survey gave it three-plus stars. [5] The game received the rating of 93% by Computer and Video Games, [6] and scored 92% from Amiga Format. Most of other reviews were less enthusiastic, but usually with the ratings still over 80%.
The GBU-27 Paveway III (Guided Bomb Unit) is a laser-guided bomb with bunker buster capabilities, it is a GBU-24 Paveway III (fitted on the warhead of the BLU-109 bomb body) that has been redesigned to be used by the F-117A Nighthawk stealth ground attack aircraft.
An F-117 conducts a live exercise bombing run using GBU-27 laser-guided bombs. During the program's early years, from 1984 to mid-1992, the F-117 fleet was based at Tonopah Test Range Airport, Nevada, where it served under the 4450th Tactical Group; Air Combat Command's only F-117A unit. [77] The unit was headquartered at Nellis Air Force Base.
The player pilots a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk. There are two modes: arcade mode and campaign mode. There are two modes: arcade mode and campaign mode. Arcade mode allows players to pick and choose every aspect of the mission, while campaign mode is basically a career in the United States Air Force .
Early levels of this game are based on actual conflicts, such as the 1986 United States bombing of Libya, the Gulf War, and the United States Invasion of Panama. Later missions involve theoretical conflicts in Korea and the Soviet Union , and move on to science-fiction events involving secret missions and UFOs .
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; F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0, a video game for the IBM PC from MicroProse (1991)
The F-117A actually used large panels, but the basic principle was the same. [8] F-117A Nighthawk 79-7084 shown in a hangar at Nellis AFB, Nevada, while attached to the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing (Detachment 1). Bringing the F-117A out of the Black would have a number of advantages.
F-19 Stealth Fighter was developed before the public unveiling in 1988 of the F-117 Nighthawk attack aircraft – which the video game sought to represent – and carried over the focus on the fictional F-19 from Project Stealth Fighter, based on the 1986 F-19 model kit released by Testors. Although an aircraft selection screen offering the ...