United States Air Force - Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter plane 12 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
United States Air Force - Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter plane 12 / James St. John
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| 説明 | (National Museum of the United States Air Force collection, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA)----------------------From exhibit signage:Lockheed F-117A NighthawkThe Lockheed F-117A was developed in response to an Air Force request for an aircraft capable of attacking high value targets without being detected by hostile radar systems. By the 1970s, special materials and techniques had become available to aircraft designers that would allow them to design an aircraft with radar-evading or "stealth" qualities. The result was the F-117A, the world's first operational aircraft that fully incorporated radar-evading techniques. Because of its groundbreaking design and capabilities, the F-117A was awarded the 1989 Collier Trophy, awarded yearly for American achievement in aeronautics or astronautics, and one of the most prized aeronautical awards in the world.The first F-117A flew on June 18, 1981, and the first F-117A unit became operational in October 1983. The F-117A was first used in combat during OPERATION JUST CAUSE in December 1989, when two F-117As attacked military targets in Panama. The F-117A was again called into action during OPERATION DESERT SHIELD / STORM in 1990-1991, when Nighthawks flew 1,271 sorties. Later, in 1999, F-117s based in Italy and Germany supported NATO's OPERATION ALLIED FORCE in Yugoslavia. Nighthawks also dropped the first bombs on Baghdad in March 2003 during OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, and were the first to use 2,000 pound laser- and satellite-guided Enhanced Guided Bomb Unit-27 bunker-busting bomb.The aircraft on display is the second F-117A built, and was specially modified and instrumented to test various systems. After completing this F-117's test program in 1991, the Air Force retired the aircraft and turned it over to the museum. It is marked as it appeared during Air Force Systems Command tests conducted between 1981 and 1991.TECHNICAL NOTESArmament: Up to 4,000 pounds of internal storesEngines: Two General Electric F404-F1D2 engines of 10,600 pounds of thrust eachMaximum speed: High subsonicRange: Unlimited with aerial refuelingCeiling: 45,000 feet---------------------- |
| 撮影日 | 2024-09-08 15:55:05 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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