Humming Bird
Resembling a humming bird despite its 43-foot wingspan. Its skin absorbs radar rather than reflecting it, and the plane is an array of flat angled surfaces.
The nation's entire fleet of Nighthawks is based at Holloman Air Base in New Mexico under the 49th Fighter Wing, but planes are deployed around the globe. The cockpit seats one pilot and they come at a price tag of $45 million.
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Oct. 31, 2006 – After 25 years of service, the F-117 Nighthawk, the Air Force's first stealth fighter, is about to retire.
The technology that once made it unique has now caught up to it, and newer fighter aircraft are joining the fleet. Still, the Nighthawk was the first of its kind.
The nation's entire fleet of Nighthawks is based at Holloman Air Base in New Mexico under the 49th Fighter Wing, but planes are deployed around the globe. The cockpit seats one pilot and they come at a price tag of $45 million.
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Oct. 31, 2006 – After 25 years of service, the F-117 Nighthawk, the Air Force's first stealth fighter, is about to retire.
The technology that once made it unique has now caught up to it, and newer fighter aircraft are joining the fleet. Still, the Nighthawk was the first of its kind.
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