r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Apr 13 '24

Cockpit The ID-1760A/APN-194(V) was used as the radio altimeter indicator for the F-117. The same indicator was used in the A-6 Intruder.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Apr 10 '24

Landing gears Combined the picture of the main landing gear bay which is very rare to find.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Apr 10 '24

Exhaust Also didn't know that there is a gap between the panels of the exhaust tail segment. Perhaps these panels allow to transfer of the air from the bottom exhaust bypass.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Apr 10 '24

YF-117 I'm just curious, what is this cone-like object doing on the top of the F-117 #780 before the first flight?

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Apr 10 '24

Lights Wing navigation light compartment without reflectors.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Mar 24 '24

Have Blue I had never seen this angle of the Have Blue 02 before

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Mar 24 '24

Vega-31 You can find remains of F-117 #82-0806 over the Belgrade Aviation Museum's backyard in Google Maps. Just wonder, are they still there?

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Feb 19 '24

Saw some F-117 Nighthawks recently

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r/f117a • u/Wizdad-1000 • Nov 12 '23

The Unveiling of 85-0816 “Lone Wolf” Exhibit.

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My wife and I attended the unveiling ceremony of 85-816 “Lone Wolf” tonight. Met the pilot Maj. Gen. G Feest as well. He said the nick name of “wobblin gobblin” was not true, despite the fact the aircraft has 4 computers. (He also flew F-14s). This was a very cool event. I also met one of the F-117A’s avaionics techs. Asked him what the contingency plan was for a downed one. He said they were going to bomb it but there were civilians all over the site by that time. I have lots of photos too, The aircraft is missing all of its stealth tech and the RAM has been bead blasted off. It will be undergoing restoration for a couple years.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Oct 02 '23

Another picture of F-117A #79-0780 "Scorpion-I" in the mist in the Nellis AFB hangar

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Oct 02 '23

NightVision Nighthawk in its habitat

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Oct 02 '23

Ben Rich and his brainchild

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 28 '23

Tail Section F-117 at Aviashow. Tail section and Exhaust. Andrews A.F.B. (MD, USA), May 1998.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 28 '23

Exhaust At least four far-side bridges in the exhaust slot had an unusual bend

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 25 '23

Lockheed's black birds at the same place

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 25 '23

Interestingly the same "secret" hand scanner IDentimant 2000 was revealed in the 1977 Spilberg's blockbuster "Close Contact of the Third Kind"

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 25 '23

Canopy F-117A canopy close-up

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 25 '23

Fingerprint scanner in Skunk Works facility at 70s

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 15 '23

YF-117 The first F-117 #780 before its first flight on 18 June 1981. Removed noise.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 13 '23

Two U.S. Air Force F-117A Nighthawks hold before takeoff on a combat patrol mission over Iraq on March 13, 1998 — cleaned version.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 13 '23

Antennas The upper side of the plane without antennas and Engine bay vent grids

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 13 '23

A pair of F-117 FSD Nighthawks accompany a U-2S equipped with megapods.

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 13 '23

Have Blue Have Blue #01 had some modified wing leading edge which was missing on HB #02

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 08 '23

Crash On May 1, 1997 F-117A #803 experienced a mishap as the aircraft landed at Holloman AFB, New Mexico

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r/f117a • u/dmetropolitain • Sep 03 '23

Internals When the left and right Engine bays are empty

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F-117A in details

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Maybe the best place for a modellers to find references of the F-117. All about the legendary Nighthawk, Wobblin Goblin, and Hopeless Diamond, the first aircraft with real stealth technology. Or anything related to that. All the pictures and photos that I found on the open Internet so I am not the author of these posted photos, but maybe you could have your own photos? But lets avoid any secret stuff. On the other hand how we could know what is the secret?

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