Hasegawa 1 / 72 F-117A Nighthawk

The American Air Force secretly developed F - 117 is an aircraft equipped with the ability to make infrared and radar detection difficult.
Its development goes back to the stealth research machine "Have Blue" first flight in 1977.
As a result of repeated flight tests, the Air Force made an order for a full scale development aircraft in November 1978. In 1982, the mass production machine Delivery of F - 117A has started.
The airframe shape is composed of complex planes to diffusely reflect radar waves. For infrared rays, the exhaust nozzles are elongated in the transverse direction and the exhaust air temperature is lowered by the outside air.
Initially, F - 117A was developed as a fighter aircraft, but it has no anti - aircraft fighting capability, it was used for ground attacking mission, became famous for the pinpoint bombing in the Gulf War of 1991, the first mission was 1989 It was an attack on Panama.

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Occupant: 1 person
Full width: 13.21 m
Total length: 20.09 m
Height: 3.78 m
Weight: 15,875 kg
Overall Weight: 23, 810 kg
Engine: F404 - F1D2 (2 units)
Thrust force 4,800 kg
Prototype first flight: June 18, 1981