Lockheed Martin and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute are partnering on a permanent static display for the F-117 Nighthawk…
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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to Display F-117 Unexpected Guest, the Most Combat Proven of the Nighthawks
by Dario LeoneUnexpected Guest entered service in May 1984 and flew 78 combat sorties, more than all other F-117 Nighthawks combined, according to…
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Aviation HistoryCold War EraMilitary Aviation
Norman “Ken” Dyson, the First Man to fly “Have Blue” and “Tacit Blue” Experimental Stealth Aircraft, Passed Away
by Dario LeoneNorman “Ken” Dyson was flying Have Blue No. 2 in July 1979 when an engine fire caused a violent oscillation of…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
The F-117 Stealth Fighter and the ‘Nuclear’ Explosions during Operation Desert Storm
by Dario LeoneOn several missions F-117 pilots saw spectacular explosions in the distance, with some being so impressive that they resembled a nuclear…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That Time Russia said a Serbian MiG-29 Shot Down an F-117 Stealth Fighter
by Dario Leone‘I felt as pleased as an Indian who had just taken a scalp, or even more,’ Lt.-Col. Gvozden Djukic, Federal Republic…
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Aviation HumorMilitary Aviation
“We Can Stop All of You:” USAF Warns that They Are Ready to Protect Area 51
by Dario Leone“Area 51 is an open training range for the US Air Force, and we would discourage anyone from trying to come…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
“One of the F-117s secretly deployed to the middle East to take part in OIR made emergency landing in Kuwait,” Scramble Magazine Says
by Dario LeoneDuring the aforementioned landing, which occurred during dawn, the unfortunate F-117 Nighthawk was accompanied by its wingman. The latter did not…
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Military Aviation
“Four ‘retired’ F-117 Stealth Fighters were secretly deployed to the Middle East and conducted air strikes in Syria and Iraq in 2017,” Scramble Magazine Says
by Dario LeoneOne of the deployed F-117 Stealth Aircraft was involved in an in-flight emergency and landed far away from its temporary home…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
Former F-117 Pilot tells the story of when his Nighthawk was nearly shot down over Baghdad during Operation Desert Storm
by Dario Leone“There was AAA everywhere, and I could see these big white puffs and red ropes getting closer and closer. They were…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
That time a RAF Tornado made an emergency landing at Tonopah AFB, home of the top-secret F-117
by Dario Leone“The guys at Tonopah had a sense of humour after all, for the silhouette of an F-117 had been stencilled on…
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