Welcome to the new home of the F-117 Nighthawk "Black Devil" to be at the Palm Springs Air Museum! Coming Fall 2020
The F-117 Blackhawk Stealth Fighter "Black Devil" in the new Jim Houston Pavillon at the Palm Springs Air Museum.
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TR-3B Black Manta: Top Secret Anti-Gravity Spy Plane
It has an electromagnetic coil at the heart of it’s motive power system, the result of which is electromagnetic drive that interacts with the Higgs-Boson field at the quantum level.
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That Time 25 F-117s Flew Over Holloman AFB In The Largest Nighthawk Formation Ever
On Oct. 27, 2006 a 25-plane formation celebrated the F-117 Nighthawk's 25th anniversary and 250,000 flight hours. The Lockheed F-117A, the world’s first
The story of the USAF F-117A stealth fighter that flew close to the left wingtip of an Iraqi Airways Boeing 747 during Operation Desert Shield - The Aviation Geek Club
The story of the USAF F-117A stealth fighter that flew close to the left wingtip of an Iraqi Airways Boeing 747 during Operation Desert Shield
Photos from Red Flag - Thunder At Nellis AFB's post
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It's really a fighter after all! 🤪
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, which is the first operational stealth aircraft in the world, was also one of the most misunderstood.
The main point of contention was it's 'F' series designation which is reserved for Fighter aircraft. Given it's actual combat role, not to mention it's severe performance restrictions due to it's unaerodynamic faceted airframe design and non-afterburning engines which further reduced it's flight performance, the aircraft could hardly be called a 'Fighter' which has traditionally implied a fast and highly manueverable aircraft designed to fight other similarly high performance aircraft, and more properly be designated as the A-117 as the aircraft is in fact more of an attack aircraft or light bomber.
There is a famous story about how the 'F-117' designation came about. The aircraft was so unstable and difficult to fly thanks to it's unconventional design, that it needed a highly skilled pilot with similar experience in hard to handle aircraft to fly it. Unfortunately, so the story goes, most of such pilots are fighter jocks used to flying high performance fighter jets and are unwilling to trade down to fly a slow 'mud mover'. Hence, to entice potential F-117 Nighthawk pilot candidates, the aircraft was described as a new superlative and top secret advanced fighter. This also had the additional benefit of likewise fooling foreign spies into believing that the USAF has a new fighter. In so many words, the designation was all a bluff.
However, it's long known that the aircraft does have the ability to carry Air-to-Air Missiles (AAM). For years, it was thought that the capability was more for the aircraft's self-defense and that the F-117 has very limited ability to engage other airborne targets due to it lacking a radar.
It has been recently revealed that the F-117 Nighthawk had a clandestine capability to engage enemy Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft using heat seeking missiles. It was intended that the aircraft's stealth capability would allow it to sneak up on and shoot down AEW&C aircraft without being detected by the powerful surveillance radars typically carried by such aircraft in a kind of assassin's mace type attack. This capability, in a roundabout way, does ultimately justify the aircraft's 'F' for 'Fighter' designation. 😉 ~Clorox.
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Test 461: When NASA Tested The Aerodynamic Effects of Adding External Stores to the F-117 Nighthawk
A model of the F-117 Stealth Jet was used for a 2-week testing campaign with Laser Guided Bombs, Cluster Bombs, and stand-off weapons, in the Langley's
Ben Rich, who was Kelly Johnson‘s right-hand man, took over Kelly’s position at Skunk Works after his retirement. Kelly was still coming into the office as an advisor and told Ben that his F117 would not fly. This was very hard on Ben but he still kept it up he wanted to make the first stealth bomber. The F1 17. It’s a Bomber that is so stealthy the enemy could not see it coming. It proved it worth during the Gulf war. The F-117 achieved its targets without being shot down. Kelly and Ben made a quarter bet. This was one quarter Ben Rich was really happy to take from his former boss. As Kelly was sure that the F1-17 wouldn’t fly. As you can see in this picture, the F117 certainly did fly!! You can read more about this in the book Skunk works by Ben Rich
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What’s in a number: How the Air Force catalogs its B-2 Spirit pilots
The B-2 Spirit cadre of highly skilled pilots are a part of an exclusive community, which is highlighted by the way the Air Force catalogs these impressive men and women in the history books.
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Enjoy This Epic Footage Of The F-117 Nighthawk Taking Part In An Exercise in Georgia
Last week an F-117 has taken part in Sentry Savannah exercise. Here's an awesome 9-min video showing the stealth jet at work some 14 years after it was
Exclusive Photos Of The F-117 Stealth Aircraft Currently Taking Part In Exercise 'Sentry Savannah'
One F-117 Nighthawk is taking part in an Air Dominance Center exercise at Savannah. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s largest fourth and fifth
Ukraine's Top Gun 'Ghost of Kyiv' Killed in Action
The Ukrainian fighter pilot known as the "Ghost of Kyiv" for reportedly taking out dozens of Russian aircraft was killed in action, The Times of London reports.
F-35 And F-117 Spotted Flying With Mysterious Mirror-Like Skin
The Air Force's F-117 and the Navy's F-35C join the F-22 and the Model 401 as aircraft that have donned the mysterious metallic-looking coating.
Audio From The 1999 Shoot Down Of F-117 "Vega 31" Over Serbia Is Chilling
The quick thinking Nighthawk pilot called for help after ejecting as he descended towards enemy territory in the dark of night.
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Join us for the program "Flying the “Black Jet”-An F-117 Nighthawk Pilot’s Story" on Saturday, March 26th from 1 PM to 2 PM. Presenter: Thad Darger.
“I remember my last mission very well, as a matter of fact. . .. I was given a target, specific to the F-117 community, we call it a “non-collateral damage target,” where we couldn’t accept anything besides the target itself being destroyed, and it was extremely bad weather on the night that I went to that target. So, there was a real decision that I had to make in my mind ……it was probably as nervous as I’ve ever been in my life….” Need we say more?
For more details, visit https://palmspringsairmuseum.org/programs/flying-the-black-jet-an-f-117-nighthawk-pilots-story/
Bystander Captures The Only 25 Ship Nighthawk Formation Ever To Be
It's A Good Thing This Was Just A Show.
At one point in time, Lockheed's F-117 Nighthawks were the most secret military aircraft ever built. Aside from the government and people who were building it, not a soul knew about them. Their stealth technology was so advanced that from its genesis in 1975,
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NGAD: The Air Force Might Have Big Plans for a Laser Firing Stealth Fighter
NGAD could be a game-changing stealth fighter that could make Air Force history. Here is what we know at the moment and how it could be different from the F-22 and F-35 – The Air Force’s highly anticipated Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program, the 6th-generation successor to the F-22 Rap...
How the "Black Jet" became the "Gray Dragon": the story of the only gray F-117 stealth plane
The Lockheed F-117A was not only the world’s first operational stealth aircraft, but also one of the most secret plane ever developed. Conceived for night
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F-35 And F-117 Spotted Flying With Mysterious Mirror-Like Skin
The Air Force's F-117 and the Navy's F-35C join the F-22 and the Model 401 as aircraft that have donned the mysterious metallic-looking coating.
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The weird story of the USAF F-117A that flew close to the left wingtip of an Iraqi Airways Boeing 747 during Operation Desert Shield (and a quick look at pre-Desert Storm Intelligence gathering) - The Aviation Geek Club
The weird story of the USAF F-117A that flew close to the left wingtip of an Iraqi Airways Boeing 747 during Operation Desert Shield (and a quick look at pre-Desert Storm Intelligence gathering)
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Welcome to the new home of the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter “Black Devil” to be at the Palm Springs Air Museum in the new Jim Houston Pavillion. Coming Fall 2020.
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