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Serving as one of three dedicated flight test development aircraft,
this steel-gray F-117 was assigned to the "Baja Scorpions"
Test Squadron appropriately named for the deadly desert predator.
A stunning example of the first generation of stealth technology,
the subsonic F-117 saw first combat during Operation Desert Storm
in 1990, but never took a single hit from formidable anti-aircraft
defenses during that entire campaign. The F-117's service life
was relatively short for an Air Force fighter, being replaced
by today's Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. |