This item is an injection-plastic jet aircraft model kit.
An all-new tooling of the "Stealth Fighter," from Trumpeter! Time to give up the old Testor's 1/32 scale kit (which was missing a lot of facets anyway...), Trumpeter's new kit puts it to shame. Features optional metal or plastic landing gear struts, detailed cockpit and weapons bay, complete engine assemblies (which will never be seen when assembled, but the full-length intake and exhaust ducting is nice), optional open or closed in-flight refueling receptacle, separate auxiliary inlet doors, optional position canopy and antennas, photoetched intake screen, posable rudders and two GBU-10 bombs. Unused parts will let you add two Sidewinders, Harms and Harpoons to your spares box. Decals are given for three aircraft
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk was a single-seat, twin-engine stealth ground-attack aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). The F-117A's first flight was in 1981, and it achieved initial operating capability status in October 1983.The F-117A was "acknowledged" and revealed to the world in November 1988.
A product of Lockheed Skunk Works and a development of the Have Blue technology demonstrator, it became the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology. The F-117A was widely publicized during the Persian Gulf War of 1991. It was commonly called the "Stealth Fighter" although it was a ground-attack aircraft, making its F-designation misleading.
The Air Force retired the F-117 on 22 April 2008, primarily due to the fielding of the F-22 Raptor and the impending introduction of the F-35 Lightning II. Sixty-four F-117s were built, 59 of which were production versions with five demonstrators/prototypes.
Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk
US Air Force (1947-now)
- 7 FS 798
Holloman AFB, NM
- 8 FS 795 (SSgt Scott Klawitter)
Holloman AFB, NM
- 9 FS 788
Holloman AFB, NM
