F-117 Stealth Fighter
The F-117A Nighthawk is a stealth fighter that
usually opens up the way for following air strikes by taking
out enemy anti-aircraft radar, missile batteries and command
centres.
It was the world's first operational stealth
aircraft and gives the United States a massive advantage over
its opponents.
The stealth technology gives the F-117A the
same radar signal as a small bird and allows it to get well
within striking range before enemy units can react to its
presence.
Details:
- Engine: Two 10,800lb thrust turbofan General Electric
F404-F1D1.
- Length: 21 metres.
- Weight: 23625 kg.
- Wing Span: 14 metres.
- Height: 4 metres.
- Range: 1100 nautical miles (2000 km)
- Speed: 1000 kph, Mach 1.
- Weapons: Full Range of ISAF tactical fighter ordnance;
two 2,000lb BLU-109, GBU-24, GBU-27 LGBs, or Two (internal)
AGM-65 Maverick missiles.
- Guidance: Terrain Contour Matching and Digital
Scene Matching Area Correlation missile guidance system
with a Global Positioning Satellite guidance capability.
- First Deployed: 1981.
- Cost: $45m
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