LC control no. | sh 90001624 |
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Topical heading | F-117 (Jet attack plane) |
Variant(s) | F-117 (Jet fighter plane) Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (Jet attack plane) Night Hawk (Jet attack plane) Nighthawk (Jet attack plane) Stealth fighter |
See also | Attack planes Lockheed aircraft Stealth aircraft |
Found in | Work cat.: Sweetman, B. Stealth fighter, 1990. OSER (F-117A (Fighter plane)) Aviation week & space technology: v. 131, n. n23, Dec. 4 1989, p. 42 (explicitly links names F117A and stealth fighter) 96067855: Holder, B. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, c1996. Wikipedia, 23 Nov. 2009: F-117 Nighthawk (The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a stealth ground attack aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force; the F-117A's first flight was in 1981; it became the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology; the F-117A was "acknowledged" and revealed to the world in November 1988; the operational aircraft had the official designation of "F-117A"; most modern U.S. military aircraft use post-1962 designations in which the designation "F" is usually an air-to-air fighter, "B" is usually a bomber, "A" is usually a ground-attack aircraft; the Stealth Fighter is primarily a ground-attack aircraft so its "F" designation is inaccurate; the Air Force retired the F-117 on 22 April 2008, primarily due to the fielding of the more effective F-22 Raptor and the upcoming F-35 Lightning II) |