The F-117 Stealth Nighthawk was a truly groundbreaking aircraft when introduced in the early 1980s. The strange shape of the jet, all flat panels and angles, rendered the aircraft nearly invisible to radar. This highly classified program wasnt acknowledged publicly by the U.S. Air Force until 1988. The Nighthawk was retired in 2008 after twenty-five years of service, including bombing missions over Panama, Iraq during both Gulf Wars, andYugoslavia during the Kosovo war. Brad OConnor flew the Nighthawk during the NATO bombing campaign over Kosovo in 1999. His first-person experience puts the reader in the cockpit of this revolutionary combat aircraft. From his F-117 assignment through training, deployment, mission planning, and combat flights, OConnor relates the day-to-day life of a pilot in the worlds first stealth fighter.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Motorbooks International
ISBN-13
9780760341353
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113201707
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2012
Subject
Government, History
Number of Pages
424 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Stealth Fighter: a Year in the Life of an F-117 Pilot