F-117 Nighthawk: What was the speed of the legendary ‘invisible’ jet?

One of the most famous fighters in the army is the F-117 Nighthawk thanks to its comprehensive participation in the important war and is in multiple action films. In its imposing triangular shape, the aircraft is an aviation classic that focuses on privacy, but is also very fast.

The history of the F-117 Nighthawk dates back to the 1970s, when the US Air Force demands an ambitious project: an airplane that can hit targets but not connected. It wasn’t easy to make a plane of this suit, but the engineers of Lockheed Corporation at that time made a road.

Nighthawk was secretly delivered to the army between 1981 and 1982, but in 1989 the aircraft was officially confirmed to the public between 1981 and 1982.

The F-117 was responsible for active in complex tasks in the War of Basra, and even in the Iraq War, the occupation of Panama in 1989, the desert shield/storm operation in Saudi Arabia. The only time when the plane was shot took place during the Kosovo War in 1999.

Designed for F-117 hidden

But after all, what is the highest speed of F-117 Nighthawk? Two electric F404-F1D2 of 10,600 Pounds is equipped with a general engine, The aircraft reached an incredible 684 mile/hour (about 1,101 km/h) at the cruise speedI mean, something close to Mach 1.

The idea of ​​F-117 was never about being the fastest, as much as this speed was already exceeded by a few other jets. This aircraft had some kind of natural camouflage and focused on playing as if it were successful in most of the bombing tasks on enemy targets.

F-117 Nighthawk stopped production in 1999 when there was 59 copies of the aircraft. The plane gradually retired between 2006-2008, but became synonymous with military excellence and engineering.

Although retired, the US Air Force has other magnificent fighters. In fact, do you know that the story behind Lightning II took this name? . Tecmundo It also explains.