42.6 million () US$111.2 million (average cost) Developed from The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is an American single-seat, stealth that was developed by secretive division and operated by the (USAF). The F-117 was based on the technology demonstrator. The Nighthawk was the first operational aircraft to be designed around. Its took place in 1981, and the aircraft achieved status in 1983.
The Nighthawk was shrouded in secrecy until it was revealed to the public in 1988. Of the 64 F-117s built, 59 were production versions, with the other five being demonstrators/prototypes. The F-117 was widely publicized for its role in the Persian of 1991. Although it was commonly referred to as the 'Stealth Fighter', it was strictly an attack aircraft. F-117s took part in the conflict in, where by a (SAM) in 1999; it was the only Nighthawk to be lost in combat. Air Force retired the F-117 in 2008, primarily due to the fielding of the. Main article: In 1964,, a mathematician, published a seminal paper titled Method of Edge Waves in the Physical Theory of Diffraction in the journal of the Moscow Institute for Radio Engineering, in which he showed that the strength of the return from an object is related to its edge configuration, not its size.
Ufimtsev was extending theoretical work published by the German physicist. Ufimtsev demonstrated that he could calculate the across a wing's surface and along its edge. The obvious and logical conclusion was that even a large aircraft could reduce its radar signature by exploiting this principle. However, the resulting design would make the aircraft, and the state of computer technology in the early 1960s could not provide the kinds of flight computers which would later allow aircraft such as the F-117 and to stay airborne. By the 1970s, when Lockheed analyst Denys Overholser found Ufimtsev's paper, computers and software had advanced significantly, and the stage was set for the development of a stealthy airplane. F-117A painted in 'Gray Dragon' experimental camouflage scheme The F-117 was born after combat experience in the when increasingly sophisticated (SAMs) downed heavy bombers. It was a, an ultra-secret program for much of its life: very few people in knew the program even existed, until the F-117s were revealed to the public in 1988.
The project began in 1975 with a model called the 'Hopeless Diamond' (a wordplay on the because of its appearance). The following year, the (DARPA) issued Lockheed Skunk Works a contract to build and test two Stealth Strike Fighters, under the code name ' '. These subscale aircraft incorporated jet engines of the, systems of the, landing gear of the, and of the. By bringing together existing technology and components, Lockheed built two demonstrators under budget, at $35 million for both aircraft, and in record time. The of the demonstrators occurred on 1 December 1977. Although both aircraft were lost during the demonstration program, test data proved positive. The success of Have Blue led the government to increase funding for.
Much of that increase was allocated towards the production of an operational stealth aircraft, the Lockheed F-117A, under the program code name ' Senior Trend'. Senior Trend [ ] The decision to produce the F-117A was made on 1 November 1978, and a contract was awarded to Lockheed Advanced Development Projects, popularly known as the Skunk Works, in, California. The program was led by, with Alan Brown as manager of the project.
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Rich called on Bill Schroeder, a Lockheed mathematician, and Denys Overholser, a computer scientist, to exploit Ufimtsev's work. The three designed a computer program called 'Echo', which made it possible to design an airplane with flat panels, called facets, which were arranged so as to scatter over 99% of a radar's signal energy 'painting' the aircraft. The first YF-117A, serial number 79-0780, made its maiden flight from, Nevada, on 18 June 1981, only 31 months after the full-scale development decision. The first production F-117A was delivered in 1982, and operational capability was achieved in October 1983. The stationed at, were tasked with the operational development of the early F-117, and between 1981 (prior to the arrival of the first models) and 1989 they used for training, to bring all pilots to a common flight training baseline and later as chase planes for F-117A tests. The Air Force denied the existence of the aircraft until 10 November 1988, when Assistant Secretary of Defense displayed a grainy photograph at a Pentagon press conference, disproving the many inaccurate rumors about the shape of the secret 'F-19'.
After the announcement pilots could fly the F-117 during daytime and no longer needed to be associated with the A-7, flying the T-38 trainer for travel and training instead. In April 1990, two F-117 aircraft were flown into, Nevada, arriving during daylight and publicly displayed to a crowd of tens of thousands. Five Full Scale Development (FSD) aircraft were built, designated 'YF-117A'.
The last of 59 production F-117s were delivered on 3 July 1990. F-117 flight demonstration As the Air Force has stated, 'Streamlined management by Aeronautical Systems Center,,, combined breakthrough stealth technology with concurrent development and production to rapidly field the aircraft.
The F-117A program demonstrates that a stealth aircraft can be designed for reliability and maintainability.' Designation [ ] The operational aircraft was officially designated 'F-117A'.
Most modern U.S. Military aircraft use in which the designation 'F' is usually an, 'B' is usually a, 'A' is usually a ground-attack aircraft, etc. (Examples include the, the, and the.) The F-117 is primarily an attack aircraft, so its 'F' designation is inconsistent with the system.
This is an inconsistency that has been repeatedly employed by the with several of its attack aircraft since the late 1950s, including the and. A televised documentary quoted a senior member of the F-117A development team as saying that the top-notch USAF fighter pilots required to fly the new aircraft were more easily attracted to an aircraft with an 'F' designation for fighter, as opposed to a bomber ('B') or attack ('A') designation. The designation 'F-117' seems to indicate that it was given an official designation prior to the 1962 U.S. Tri-Service Aircraft Designation System and could be considered numerically to be a part of the earlier 'Century series' of fighters.
The assumption prior to the revealing of the aircraft to the public was that it would likely receive the designation as that number had not been used. However, there were no other aircraft to receive a '100' series number following the F-111. Soviet fighters obtained by the U.S.
Via various means under the program were given F-series numbers for their evaluation by U.S. Pilots, and with the advent of the fighters, most often designations.
As with other exotic military aircraft types flying in the southern Nevada area, such as captured fighters, an arbitrary radio call of '117' was assigned. This same radio call had been used by the enigmatic, also known as the 'Red Hats' or 'Red Eagles', that often had flown expatriated in the area, but there was no relationship to the call and the formal F-19 designation then being considered by the Air Force.
Apparently, use of the '117' radio call became commonplace and when Lockheed released its first flight manual (i.e., the Air Force 'dash one' manual for the aircraft), F-117A was the designation printed on the cover. Front view of an F-117 When the Air Force first approached Lockheed with the stealth concept, Skunk Works Director Kelly Johnson proposed a rounded design. He believed smoothly blended shapes offered the best combination of speed and stealth. However, his assistant, Ben Rich, showed that faceted-angle surfaces would provide significant reduction in radar signature, and the necessary aerodynamic control could be provided with computer units.
A May 1975 Skunk Works report, “Progress Report No. 2, High Stealth Conceptual Studies,” showed the rounded concept, which was rejected in favor of the flat-sided approach. The resulting unusual design surprised and puzzled experienced pilots; a pilot, who flew it as an while it was still a secret project, stated that when he first saw a photograph of the F-117, he 'promptly giggled and thought to [himself] 'this clearly can't fly'. Early stealth aircraft were designed with a focus on minimal (RCS) rather than aerodynamic performance. Highly-stealthy aircraft like the F-117 Nighthawk are aerodynamically unstable in all three and require constant flight corrections from a (FBW) flight system to maintain controlled flight.
It is shaped to deflect radar signals and is about the size of an F-15 Eagle. The single-seat Nighthawk is powered by two non-afterburning turbofan engines.
It is and features a. The maximum speed is 623 miles per hour (1,003 km/h) at high altitude, the max rate of climb is 2,820 feet (860 m) per minute, and service ceiling is 43,000 to 45,000 feet (13,000 to 14,000 m). The cockpit was quite spacious, with ergonomic displays and controls, but the field of view was somewhat obstructed with a large blind spot to the rear.
Avionics [ ] It has quadruple-redundant flight controls. To lower development costs, the avionics, fly-by-wire systems, and other parts were derived from the, and. The parts were originally described as spares on budgets for these aircraft, to keep the F-117 project secret.
Cockpit The aircraft is equipped with sophisticated navigation and attack systems integrated into a digital avionics suite. It navigates primarily by and high-accuracy. Missions are coordinated by an automated planning system that can automatically perform all aspects of an attack mission, including weapons release. Targets are acquired by a system, slaved to a / that finds the range and designates targets for. The F-117A's split internal bay can carry 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of ordnance. Typical weapons are a pair of,, or laser-guided bombs, two penetration bombs, or two Joint Direct Attack Munitions (), a GPS/INS guided stand-off bomb. Main article: The F-117 has a of about 0.001 m 2 (0.0108 sq ft).
Among the penalties for stealth are lower engine thrust due to losses in the inlet and outlet, a very low wing, and a high (50°) needed to deflect incoming radar waves to the sides. With these design considerations and no, the F-117 is limited to subsonic speeds. The F-117A carries no radar, which lowers emissions and cross-section, and whether it carries any radar detection equipment is classified. The F-117A's shape (made from 2-dimensional flat surfaces) resulted from the limitations of the 1970s-era computer technology used to calculate its radar cross-section. Later made it possible for subsequent aircraft like the to use curved surfaces while maintaining stealth, through the use of far more computational resources to perform the additional calculations. An exhaust plume contributes a significant.
The F-117 reduces IR signature with a non-circular (a slit shape) to minimize the exhaust cross-sectional volume and maximize the mixing of hot exhaust with cool ambient air. The F-117 lacks, because the hot exhaust would increase the infrared signature, and breaking the would produce an obvious, as well as surface heating of the aircraft skin which also increases the infrared footprint. As a result, its performance in required in a would never match that of a dedicated fighter aircraft. This was unimportant in the case of this aircraft since it was designed to be a bomber., and especially systems detect some stealth aircraft better than conventional, since first-generation stealth technology (such as the F-117) reflects energy away from the transmitter's, effectively increasing the (RCS) in other directions, which the passive radars monitor. Operational history [ ]. An F-117 conducts a live exercise bombing run using laser-guided bombs. During the program's early years, from 1984 to mid-1992, the F-117A fleet was based at,, where it served under the 4450th Tactical Group.
Because the F-117 was classified during this time, the unit was officially located at, Nevada, and equipped with aircraft. All military personnel were permanently assigned to Nellis AFB, and most personnel and their families lived in Las Vegas. This required commercial air and trucking to transport personnel between Las Vegas and Tonopah each week. The 4450th was absorbed by the in 1989. In 1992, the entire fleet was transferred to,, under the command of the. This move also eliminated the and contract flights to Tonopah, which flew 22,000 passenger trips on 300 flights from Nellis to Tonopah per month. The F-117 reached status in 1983.
The Nighthawk's pilots called themselves 'Bandits'. Each of the 558 Air Force pilots who have flown the F-117 has a Bandit number, such as 'Bandit 52', that indicates the sequential order of their first flight in the F-117. The F-117 has been used several times in war. Its first mission was during the in 1989. During that invasion two F-117A Nighthawks dropped two bombs on Rio Hato airfield. During the in 1991, the F-117 flew approximately 1,300 sorties and scored direct hits on 1,600 high-value targets in Iraq over 6,905 flight hours.
On Iraqi forces displayed the F-117 destroying ground targets and warned 'Escape now and save yourselves'. Initial claims of its effectiveness were later found to be overstated. For instance it was claimed that the F-117 made up 2.5% of tactical aircraft in Iraq and they attacked more than 40% of the strategic targets; this ignored the fact that only 229 Coalition aircraft could drop and designate laser-guided bombs of which 36 F-117 represented 15.7%, and only the USAF had the I-2000 bombs intended for hardened targets, so the F-117 represented 32% of all coalition aircraft that could deliver such bombs. Initial reports of F-117s hitting 80% of their targets were later scaled back to '41–60%'. On the first night, they failed to hit 40% of their assigned air-defense targets, including the Air Defense Operations Center in Baghdad, and 8 such targets remained functional out of 10 that could be assessed.
In their Desert Storm white paper, the USAF claimed that 'the F-117 was the only airplane that the planners dared risk over downtown Baghdad' and that this area was particularly well defended. In fact, most of the air defenses were on the outskirts of the city and many other aircraft hit targets in the downtown area, with minimal casualties when they attacked at night like the F-117. This meant they avoided the optically aimed and infra-red which were the biggest threat to Coalition aircraft. The aircraft was operated in secret from Tonopah for almost a decade, but after the Gulf War the aircraft moved to Holloman in 1992 – however its integration with the USAF's non-stealth 'iron jets' occurred slowly.
As one senior F-117A pilot later said: Because of ongoing secrecy others continued to see the aircraft as 'none of their business, a stand-alone system'. The F-117A and the men and women of the 49th Fighter Wing were deployed to Southwest Asia on multiple occasions.
On their first deployment, with the aid of aerial refueling, pilots flew non-stop from Holloman to Kuwait, a flight of approximately 18.5 hours – a record for single-seat fighters that stands today. Combat loss [ ]. Main article: One F-117 (AF ser.
82-0806) was lost to enemy action. It was downed during a mission against the on 27 March 1999, during. At approximately 8:15 pm local time, the aircraft was acquired by a fire control radar at a distance of 13 km and an altitude of 8 km: SA-3s were then launched by a Yugoslav version of the Soviet (NATO name SA-3 'Goa') anti-aircraft missile system. The launcher was run by the 3rd Battalion of the under the command of Colonel.
According to Dani in a 2007 interview, his troops spotted the aircraft on radar when its bomb-bay doors opened, raising its radar signature. One source states one of the missiles detonated by its near the F-117. Dani said he kept most of his missile sites intact by frequently moving them, and had spotters looking for F-117s and other NATO aircraft. He also stated that he oversaw the modification of his targeting radar to improve its detection capability. Canopy of F-117 shot down in in March 1999 at the After the explosion, the aircraft became uncontrollable, forcing the pilot to eject. The pilot was recovered six hours later by a team. Photos show that the aircraft struck the ground at low speed in an inverted position, and that the airframe remained relatively intact.
The Serbs invited Russian personnel to inspect the aircraft's remains, compromising the then 25-year-old U.S. Stealth technology. The F-117's pilot was initially misidentified.
Though the name 'Capt Ken 'Wiz' Dwelle' was painted on the canopy, it was revealed in 2007 that the pilot was Lt. The stealth technology from the downed F-117 may have been acquired by Russia and China.
Some American sources state that a second F-117A was damaged during the same campaign, allegedly on 30 April 1999; the aircraft returned to base, but it supposedly never flew again. Later service and retirement [ ] Use of the aircraft as part of continued, and it was later used in the in 2001 and in 2003. It was operated by the U.S. The loss in Serbia caused the USAF to create a subsection of their existing weapons school to improve tactics. More training was done with other units, and the F-117A began to participate in. Though advanced for its time, the F-117's stealthy faceted airframe required a large amount of maintenance and was eventually superseded by streamlined shapes produced with.
Other weapon systems began to take on the F-117's roles, such as the gaining ability to drop guided bombs. By 2005, the aircraft was used only for certain missions, such as if a pilot needed to verify that the correct target had been hit, or when minimal was vital. The Air Force had once planned to retire the F-117 in 2011, but Program Budget Decision 720 (PBD 720), dated 28 December 2005, proposed retiring it by October 2008 to free up an estimated $1.07 billion to buy more F-22s. PBD 720 called for 10 F-117s to be retired in FY2007 and the remaining 42 in FY2008, stating that other Air Force planes and missiles could stealthily deliver precision ordnance, including the, F-22 and. The planned introduction of the multirole also contributed to the retirement decision. In late 2006, the Air Force closed the F-117 formal training unit (FTU), and announced the retirement of the F-117. The first six aircraft to be retired made their last flight on 12 March 2007 after a ceremony at Holloman AFB to commemorate the aircraft's career., commander of the, said at the ceremony, 'With the launch of these great aircraft today, the circle comes to a close – their service to our nation's defense fulfilled, their mission accomplished and a job well done.
We send them today to their final resting place – a home they are intimately familiar with – their first, and only, home outside of Holloman.' A pair of specially painted F-117 Nighthawks sporting a theme on their bellies fly off from their last refueling by the 's. Unlike most other Air Force aircraft that are retired to for scrapping, or dispersal to museums, most of the F-117s were placed in 'Type 1000' storage in their original hangars at the. At Tonopah, their wings were removed and the aircraft are stored in their original climate-controlled hangars. The decommissioning occurred in eight phases, with the operational aircraft retired to Tonopah in seven waves beginning on 13 March 2007, and ending with the last wave's arrival on 22 April 2008.
Four aircraft were kept flying beyond April by the at Palmdale for flight test. By August, two were remaining. The last F-117 (AF Serial No. 86-0831) left Palmdale to fly to Tonopah on 11 August 2008. With the last aircraft retired, the 410th was inactivated in a ceremony on 1 August 2008. Five aircraft were placed in museums, including the first four YF-117As and some remains of the F-117 shot down over Serbia. Through 2009, one F-117 has been scrapped.
F-117 AF Serial No. 79-0784 was scrapped at the Palmdale test facility on 26 April 2008. It was the last F-117 at Palmdale and was scrapped to test an effective method for destroying F-117 airframes.
Although officially retired, the F-117 fleet remains intact, and photos show the aircraft carefully mothballed. F-117s have been spotted flying in the Nellis Bombing Range as recently as July 2015.
Some of the aircraft are flown periodically. Congress had declared that all F-117s mothballed from 30 September 2006 onwards to be maintained 'in a condition that would allow recall of that aircraft to future service' as part of the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act. By April 2016, lawmakers appeared ready to 'remove the requirement that certain F-117 aircraft be maintained in a condition that would allow recall of those aircraft to future service,' which would move them from storage to the aerospace maintenance and regeneration yard in Arizona to be scavenged for hard-to-find parts, or completely disassembled.
On 11 September 2017, it was reported that in accordance with the, signed into law on 23 December 2016, 'the Air Force will remove four F-117s every year to fully divest them — a process known as demilitarizing aircraft.' Variants [ ] F-117N 'Seahawk' [ ] The tested the F-117 in 1984 but determined it was not suitable for use. In the early 1990s, Lockheed proposed an upgraded, carrier-capable variant of the F-117 dubbed the 'Seahawk' to the Navy as an alternative to the canceled A/F-X program. The unsolicited proposal was received poorly by the Department of Defense, which had little interest in the single mission capabilities of such an aircraft, particularly as it would take money away from the Joint Advanced Strike Technology program, which evolved into the. The new aircraft would have differed from the land-based F-117 in several ways, including the addition 'of elevators, a bubble canopy, a less sharply swept wing and reconfigured tail'. The 'N' variant would also be re-engined to use turbofans instead of the older. The aircraft would be optionally fitted with hardpoints, allowing for an additional 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) of payload, and a new ground-attack radar with air-to-air capability.
In that role the F-117N could carry air-to-air missiles. After being rebuffed by the Navy, Lockheed submitted an updated proposal that included afterburning capability and a larger emphasis on the F-117N as a multi-mission aircraft, rather than just an attack aircraft. To boost interest, Lockheed also proposed an F-117B land-based variant that shared most of the F-117N capabilities. This variant was proposed to the USAF and the. Several RAF exchange officers flew the F-117 during its service, two RAF pilots formally evaluated the aircraft in 1986 as a reward for British help with the that year, and the British declined an offer during the to purchase the aircraft.
) This renewed F-117N proposal was also known as the A/F-117X. Neither the F-117N nor the F-117B was ordered. Operators [ ]. 79-10781 Scorpion 2 at the YF-117A • 79-10780 Scorpion 1 – on pedestal display on Nellis Boulevard, at the entrance to, ( ). It was put in place 16 May 1992, the first F-117 to be made a gate guardian. • 79-10781 Scorpion 2 – at outside. Seagull Bartender 10 0 Keygen Generator here. It was delivered to the museum on 17 July 1991.
• 79-10782 Scorpion 3 –,. It was repainted to resemble the first F-117A used to drop weapons in combat. This aircraft was used for acoustics and navigation system testing. While wearing a flag painted on its bottom surface, this aircraft revealed the type's existence to high-ranking officials at on 14 December 1983, the first semi-public unveiling of the aircraft. It was placed on display at Holloman AFB on 5 April 2008. [ ] • 79-10783 Scorpion 4 – It had been previously on display at the at,. In June 2012, Scorpion 4 was transported from Blackbird Airpark to Edwards AFB for restoration work; it is planned for the aircraft to be displayed at the.
Serbia [ ] F-117A • 82-0806 Something Wicked – shot down over Serbia; the remains are displayed at the close to. Nicknames [ ] The aircraft's official name is 'Night Hawk', however the alternative form 'Nighthawk' is frequently used.
As it prioritized stealth over aerodynamics, it earned the nickname 'Wobblin' Goblin' due to its alleged instability at low speeds. However, F-117 pilots have stated the nickname is undeserved. 'Wobblin' (or Wobbly) Goblin' is likely a holdover from the early Have Blue / Senior Trend (FSD) days of the project when instability was a problem.
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