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User   Password		F-117A STEALTH ATT.AIRCRAFT LOCKHEED F-117A NIGHTHAWK The Lockheed' F-117A Nighthawk is the result of a long and very secret development program dating back to the early 1970's. Numerous attempts and tests were conducted to see if an aircraft could be designed to hide from radar observation. The Lockheed U-2 had radar absorging paint; the Lockheed SR-71 had both radar fooling shaping and radar absorbing paint. The production F-117A made its first flight on 15 October 1982 from the remote flight test facility at Groom Lake, Nevada. The aircraft is a special mission fighter bomber fully capable of performing in total darkness. The F-117A is capable of being flown worldwide and has inflight aerial refueling. Flight cruise altitudes are normally near 7600 m. The F-117 Nighthawk is flown by pilots of the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing of the USAF TACTICAL Air Command from the Tonopah Test Range airfield southeast of Tonopah, Nevada. The unit and airpianes have been operational since October of 1983.   098-0189   F-117A STEALTH ATT.AIRCRAFT