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How the misleading F-19 was born out of the secret development of the F-117
Beginning in the 1980s, four manufacturers offered models of the F-19 Stealth Fighter: Revell, Monogram, Italeri, and Testors
The first operational aircraft in the world...
The British MoD turned down a US offer in the 1980s for the UK to purchase F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters for the RAF Squadrons
In the 1980s, US President Ronald Reagan extended an invitation to Margaret Thatcher to participate in US advanced military programs, including the Space Shuttle...
The F-117 Nighthawk was one thousand times less visible than the D-21 with an RCS of an Eagle’s Eyeball
The least visible shape produced at the Skunk Works was a thousand times more visible than the F-117A Nighthawk shape
The first operational aircraft in...
After this RAF Phantom made an emergency landing at Tonopah AFB, it was stenciled with the words “F-117 DON’T ASK” zap
During RED FLAG 90-1, an RAF Phantom FGR.2 (known as F-4M in the US) diverted there and returned to Nellis bearing an F-117 sticker...
RAF didn’t become the only F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter foreign operator
The "Project Moonflower" program intended to sell the F-117 stealth fighter to the United Kingdom when it was still a top-secret aircraft
According to recently...