Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

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military aircraft single-seat aircraft stealth attack aircraft

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a pioneering American stealth attack aircraft designed for radar-evading precision strikes, famously used by the U.S. Air Force from the 1980s through the early 2000s.

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Label	Occurrences
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk canonical	3
F-117 Nighthawk	1
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (conceptual and organizational influence)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military aircraft ⓘ single-seat aircraft ⓘ stealth attack aircraft ⓘ
airframeFeature	faceted surfaces ⓘ radar-absorbent materials ⓘ
armament	GPS-guided bombs ⓘ internal bomb bay ⓘ laser-guided bombs ⓘ
avionics	fly-by-wire flight control system ⓘ inertial navigation system ⓘ infrared targeting system ⓘ
combatRadius	approximately 540 nmi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	1 ⓘ
designedFor	low observable stealth ⓘ night operations ⓘ radar evasion ⓘ
developedFrom	Have Blue technology demonstrator NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineModel	General Electric F404 NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineType	turbofan ⓘ
enteredFullOperationalCapability	1983 ⓘ
firstFlight	1981-06-18 ⓘ
introducedIntoService	1983 ⓘ
manufacturer	Lockheed NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Skunk Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
maxSpeed	approximately Mach 0.92 ⓘ
NATOReportingName	Nighthawk NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	one aircraft shot down over Serbia in 1999 ⓘ
notableFeature	designed using computer-based stealth shaping ⓘ first operational stealth aircraft ⓘ
numberBuilt	59 ⓘ
numberOfEngines	2 ⓘ
operator	United States Air Force ⓘ
primaryMission	deep strike ⓘ precision strike ⓘ
productionPeriod	1981–1990 ⓘ
programName	Senior Trend NERFINISHED ⓘ
retiredFromUSAFService	2008 ⓘ
role	attack aircraft ⓘ precision strike aircraft ⓘ stealth demonstrator ⓘ strike aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling	approximately 45000 ft ⓘ
status	limited continued use for testing and training ⓘ retired from regular USAF service ⓘ
successor	Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II NERFINISHED ⓘ
tailConfiguration	twin tail ⓘ
usedInConflict	Gulf War ⓘ Kosovo War NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Allied Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Desert Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Just Cause NERFINISHED ⓘ
wingConfiguration	swept wing ⓘ

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Lockheed Skunk Works → notableProduct → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ

Clarence Johnson → notableWork → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (conceptual and organizational influence)

United States Air Force Plant 42 → associatedWithProgram → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ

Lockheed Aircraft Company → developed → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ

GBU-27 Paveway III → compatibleWith → Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: F-117 Nighthawk