Alex Hollings
F-117 Nighthawk,
Lockheed approached the U.S. Navy with a proposal for a carrier-based iteration of the famed “stealth fighter.”
Here's What You Need to Remember: Despite first taking to the skies in 1981, the U.S. Air Force didn’t acknowledge the existence of the world’s first operational stealth plane until 1988–five years after the F-117 fully entered service. The world, however, was already vaguely aware that Uncle Sam was keeping some exotic-looking secrets in the hangars of Area 51. Читать дальше...