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On this day in 1981: The F-117A Nighthawk, the first stealth combat aircraft in the world, flew for the first time at the Tonopah Test Range, Nev. Hal Farley flew the aircraft. It was a groundbreaking aircraft designed to be nearly invisible to radar, making it a pioneer in stealth technology for military aviation. The F-117A first saw combat during Operation Just Cause on Dec. 19, 1989, when two F-117As from the 37th TFW attacked military targets in Panama.
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On This Day in 1981: The F-117A Nighthawk Takes Flight—A New Era of Stealth Begins Forty-three years ago today, deep in the Nevada desert, the future of aerial warfare quietly lifted off. It was June 18, 1981, when the F-117A Nighthawk, the world’s first operational stealth combat aircraft, rose for the first time at the […]
