Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

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The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a pioneering American stealth attack aircraft designed for radar-evading precision strikes, famously used by the U.S. Air Force from the 1980s through the early 2000s.

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instanceOf military aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
stealth attack aircraft ⓘ
airframeFeature faceted surfaces ⓘ
radar-absorbent materials ⓘ
armament GPS-guided bombs ⓘ
internal bomb bay ⓘ
laser-guided bombs ⓘ
avionics fly-by-wire flight control system ⓘ
inertial navigation system ⓘ
infrared targeting system ⓘ
combatRadius approximately 540 nmi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedFor low observable stealth ⓘ
night operations ⓘ
radar evasion ⓘ
developedFrom Have Blue technology demonstrator ⓘ
engineModel General Electric F404 ⓘ
engineType turbofan ⓘ
enteredFullOperationalCapability 1983 ⓘ
firstFlight 1981-06-18 ⓘ
introducedIntoService 1983 ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed ⓘ
Lockheed Skunk Works ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately Mach 0.92 ⓘ
NATOReportingName Nighthawk ⓘ
notableEvent one aircraft shot down over Serbia in 1999 ⓘ
notableFeature designed using computer-based stealth shaping ⓘ
first operational stealth aircraft ⓘ
numberBuilt 59 ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
primaryMission deep strike ⓘ
precision strike ⓘ
productionPeriod 1981–1990 ⓘ
programName Senior Trend ⓘ
retiredFromUSAFService 2008 ⓘ
role attack aircraft ⓘ
precision strike aircraft ⓘ
stealth demonstrator ⓘ
strike aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 45000 ft ⓘ
status limited continued use for testing and training ⓘ
retired from regular USAF service ⓘ
successor Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor ⓘ
linked to: F-22 Raptor

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II ⓘ
linked to: F-35 Lightning II
tailConfiguration twin tail ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Kosovo War ⓘ
Operation Allied Force ⓘ
Operation Desert Storm ⓘ
Operation Just Cause ⓘ
wingConfiguration swept wing ⓘ

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Lockheed Skunk Works → notableProduct → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ
Clarence Johnson → notableWork → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (conceptual and organizational influence) ⓘ
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Lockheed Aircraft Company → developed → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ
GBU-27 Paveway III → compatibleWith → F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ
linked to: Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
Advanced Development Programs → notableProject → F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ
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Have Blue → ledToDevelopmentOf → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ
Have Blue → relatedTo → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ
Have Blue → successor → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ
Ben Rich → knownFor → F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ
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Ben Rich → notableProject → F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter ⓘ
linked to: Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk