F-117 Nighthawk Stealth
Modern Marvels · Season 12 · Episode 53
The project was surrounded by secrecy and dogged by controversy from the very beginning. Starting in the late '70s, engineers at Lockheed's legendary "Skunkworks" developed a revolutionary new fighter that was destined to transform aerial combat forever. Little more than a decade later, the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter saw combat for the first time in Panama.
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Season
12
Episode
53
Air Date
22/Sep/2005
Air Time
21:00
Runtime
44 min
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The project was surrounded by secrecy and dogged by controversy from the very beginning. Starting in the late '70s, engineers at Lockheed's legendary "Skunkworks" developed a revolutionary new fighter that was destined to transform aerial combat forever. Little more than a decade later, the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter saw combat for the first time in Panama.
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