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When the USAF used F-101 Voodoo debris to conceal an F-117 Nighthawk crash
The crashed F-101 Voodoo had been in storage at the secretive Area 51 in Nevada for more than 20 years, and it was broken...
When a Tonka was stenciled with an F-117 zap after an emergency landing at Tonopah AFB
I said to a guard, “I suppose you have to wait until the surveillance satellites are clear before you fly the 117?” His response...
The RAF Phantom that made an emergency landing at Tonopah AFB and was stenciled with an “F-117 DON’T ASK” zap
The diversion occurred on Nov. 9, 1989, and the aircraft was a Phantom FGR.2, serial XV476.
As we reported in a previous article, it...
The F-117 Nighthawk was one thousand times less visible than the D-21
The F-117 Nighthawk
The Air Force requested an aircraft that could attack high-value targets while evading enemy radar detection, which led to the development of...
The ‘Nuclear’ explosions during Operation Desert Storm
On several missions, F-117 pilots saw spectacular explosions in the distance, with some being so impressive that they resembled a nuclear mushroom cloud.
The result...