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Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
The
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
is a single-seat,
twin-engine
stealth
attack aircraft
that was developed by
Lockheed's
secretive
Skunk Works
division and operated by the
United States Air Force
(USAF). The F-117 was based on the
Have Blue
technology demonstrator, and was the first operational aircraft to be designed around
stealth technology
. The
maiden flight
of the Nighthawk happened in 1981 and the aircraft achieved
initial operating capability
status in 1983. The Nighthawk was shrouded in secrecy until it was revealed in 1988.
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