F-117 Nighthawk - Video Documentary "Part 1"

The F-117 was a black project, an ultra-secret program for much of its life, until the late 1980s, The project began with a model called "The Hopeless Diamond" in 1975 due to its bizarre appearance. In 1977 Lockheed produced two 60% scale models under the Have Blue contract


General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 69 ft 9 in (20.08 m)
Wingspan: 43 ft 4 in (13.20 m)
Height: 12 ft 9.5 in (3.78 m)
Wing area: 780 ft² (73 m²)
Empty weight: 29,500 lb (13,380 kg)
Loaded weight: 52,500 lb (23,800 kg)
Powerplant: 2× General Electric F404-F1D2 turbofans, 10,600 lbf (48.0 kN) each
Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 0.92 (617 mph, 993 km/h)
Cruise speed: Mach 0.92
Range: 930 NM[53] (1720 km)
Service ceiling: 69,000 ft (20,000 m)
Wing loading: 65 lb/ft² (330 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.40
Armament


2× internal weapons bays with one hardpoint each (total of two weapons) equipped to carry:
Bombs:
BLU-109 hardened penetrator
GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bomb
GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb
GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided bomb
JDAM INS/GPS guided munition

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• F-117
• Nighthawk
• Stealth
• Bomber
• US
• Air
• Force
• NATO
• F-22
• Raptor
• F-15E
• F-18
• F-16
• Israeli
• Jet
• Fighter
• Aviation

[labidala]

52 Million $ per plane.

8.2 billion for the total program.

Yeah !

[whynot01]

America, FUCK YEAH!! :D

[Tobriep81]

Great plane... too bad it can only take two bombs.

[memomota]

@ghost99 THOSE SUBTITLES R VERY HELPFUL FOR PPL LIKE ME THAT ARE LEARNING ENGLISH

[manynukes11]

RIP The F-117 and Blackbird

[yuniard71]

stealth f117

[proClanLeaderBlakOps]

y dont u start a war and give both sides cheap ammunition then all your debt will be paid off?/

[boazandjiacinth]

@labidala what price for your freedom?

[BloodBathroom8]

@labidala just think of thier raptor's prices lol

[190998spencer]

too bad it is retired

[marianodeanquin]

@marianodeanquin IA 38 NARANJERO

[marianodeanquin]

¿no se parece al Naranjero?