F-117 Nighthawk: The World’s First Stealth Aircraft
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- Опубликовано: 20 дек 2021
- The F-117 Nighthawk is a American single-seat, twin-engine stealth aircraft that was developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works division and operated by the USAF. It was the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology.
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this is the plane that is most likely to be mistakenly identified as a UFO back in the days given it's unusual diamond like shape.
And weird flying patterns. It would at times suddenly swoop to its side due to the lack of aerodynamics.
@@urawesome4670 mlm
For sure. If ya seen some of the old concept models and testing prototypes then you’d be even more convinced it was alien back then. Some of their earlier models that made it to testing looked even more bizarre during that time than this final product.
UFOs usually don't make any noise which means they are silent, while this stealth aircraft sounds loud like AF due to its mechanical engine, there is a big difference between UFOs and this stealth aircraft.
Serbian poster in 1999 "Sorry we didn't know it was invisible"😂😂😂
Hahah
Это точно 😂👍
Blow with 1957 misile 🙄🤣
Od tad nas ni Predatori više ne podsećaju 😂🤣😅, eto što nijedan film sa Predatorima ne igra u Srbiju 😅🤣😂
Lucky shot
The only user of this plane besides the USA is Serbia, since March '99. is part of the Aviation Museum in Belgrade.
No , the baby of Kelly Johson at Skunk Work was used previously in the Gulf war. And fortunately Dale Zelko and Zoltan Dani became friends like broders in 2012.
Savage bro :)
Politics got that plane shot down. Our president made the mistake of giving Russia our flight paths for "safety". The Serbs new where and when it was going to be there.
@@JohnDoe-qz7tm ни кто ни представлял ни чего, старые РЛС видит эти самолёты😂
😂👍🤝точняк!
Despite some shortcomings, I love the angular design, and not having any curved surfaces adds to the cool futuristic look. Still looks outta this world.
probably would benefit production processes and maintenance too
@@nunyabusiness8538 Can the nighthawk shoot bullets or no
@@onm2050 No guns or cannons on the nighthawk. It's bomb bays do not allow firing of missiles, nor does it have a radar to allow it to fire at anything anyway. Even if it had cannons or heat seeking missiles, it would be hard pressed to use them as it operates at night and has no radar (so it can't see anything) and it's speed an handling makes it almost impossible to dog fight anything close (even if it could see them). It's FIR system looks down.
The angular design wins
First digital instead of analog system.
Odavno je postao vidljiv... Još 1999.
Pozdrav iz Srbije🇷🇸
Nismo znali da je nevidljiv
One of the coolest looking planes ever
My grandfather helped build these at Lockheed, he also worked on the b2. Sadly he died in 1997 to luchimia. Rest his soul
My grandfather also worked on the plane!
Serbian SAM shot down B-2 aswell
Not thrue , No, by official NATO reports. The planes that were shot down were F-16, F-117 and around 45 UAV-s, 45 cruise missiles, some AH-64 Apache.
@@hubpaq by official Nato report.... Smh....
Doubtful that his grandson followed in his footsteps as he can't even spell leukemia.
I got to see one of these fly overhead on the day my enlistment ended as I was leaving Edwards AFB, Ca. It always felt special because they were pretty new at the time (1992) and I pretended it was a sendoff salute for me :) Sure was cool looking flying over the desert.
The 4 aircraft that challenged aircraft design and look absolutely amazing doing it. The SR-71 family, F-117, B-2 and YF-23.
Santa has a highly sophisticated stealth system placed on his slay, which enabled him to evade many missile defenses across the globe for many years.
like 25 years ago on this day?
I remember hearing the designers labeled it as a Fighter as opposed to the proper title as a light bomber so they could get the best pilots interested. I had a friend flying the refueling boom over Iraq at the beginning of the war. There were guys in suits on the refueling plane which was very odd. At some point they approached my fried and all of a sudden there was the F 117 that nobody had seen.. the suits were guys from skunkworks and directed my friend how to refuel it.
I don’t see them “practicing” or “instruction” on how to refuel a F-117 during an active combat sortie.
Tanker crew as well as f-117 crew both need to pass quals (air-air rf) BEFORE going into a combat sortie situation.
I do see maybe them offering assist in the 80’s during testing BEFORE Air Force went operational, then air force just took over all training.
F-17 first flight was ‘83 desert storm was in ‘91. Air Force learned how to refuel long before the 90’s! They actually learned when the prototype YF-117 was being tested.
@@richardstoffel6585 my friend out of Plattsburgh NY. Who was operating the boom never had any training with the F-117. Fact!
@@micjam1986 interesting. How things are now I know, is every boom operator is suppose to be qualified to refuel the type of aircraft they connect too. And typical military standards, you are not allowed to qualify during a mission. Especially a high stake one like that. So that is a very rare thing, must of got a reward for! Curious as to why they did it that way. I know for a fact they had boom operators qualified to refuel f-117’s at that time. Maybe they couldn’t get them relocated fast enough? But why send Lockheed guys out vs an instructor ? I’m puzzled and want more info on this lol you don’t hear too many stories like this that go against standards
@@richardstoffel6585if it’s top secret at that point it’s likely they didn’t want any training manuals getting around so they put two guys in the refuel plane.
Worked on her 85-89 at Area51. Her first flight was June 1981.
No way
Sure you did
Hello from 2023. I cannot believe this craft is 40 years old! I have watched a few vids explaining why it was supplanted, but it's still a looker and can still do a job.
Overthrow in Yugoslavia in 1999,respect for the Yugoslav Army...🇷🇸
Serbian*
@@vendox_ Pita NATO gay kako je bilo ratovati protiv naj jace sile na Svijetu..Ne znam veli Srbin,nismo nikada ratovali protiv Rusije..
@@Veljko0996 the strongest power in the world isn’t the country that has currency worth less than a quarter of a penny
@@Veljko0996 this statement has aged badly.. only things going for russia are its nukes...everything else it quite crap..
I remember when testor came out with the first model and how the government wanted to know who leaked the stats on the plane to build such an accurate model but testor had used the hand out photo and asked about the pad size the plane sat on at the briefing which wasn't classified and reverse engineered the model from that.
Very proud to have been selected for this program in my career back in the 80’s. Also some are still flying today around our old stomping grounds in NV. Good to see them again.
I was provd when Nato bombarded Serbia whit this. They toke it down 😂🤣 Did you think its Iraq 😂 Balkan are woriors !!! The real deal 💪 😎 cant fk us
You must have been a very highly-skilled and trained pilot.
Badass, which lays now in Belgrade Airforce Museum. Parts of it actualy 😂
That's right, they didn't mention a Nighthawk being shot down in the European conflict in the 1990's in this video
Yep. It was hit on sight and not by radar guided missile. It's ok, we got your guy. 🤣🤣🤣
@Varangian Guard What in the world are you talking about ?
I said the F117 is still a very capable low observable aircraft compared to the more advanced F22 and F35.
If you're laughing because ONE F117 was shot down, that had nothing to do with stealth during that track.
@Varangian Guard Baghdad 1991 was one of the most heavily defended cities on the planet and every F117 completed it's mission and returned.
Hell, I'm not going to bother
Normalno, Srbska armija go srusi 99' so 1 raketa zemja vazduh!!!🤟🏻
“Master Chief, you mind telling me what you’re doing in the 21’st century?”
“Sir, stealth plane go brrrr.”
Serbia decommissioned these so called stealth airplanes. I guess US never had never came across such small yet powerful country.
Since they predicted where the nighthawks were going at the same path and only the nighthawks were being used at night. But only after the nighthawks had been bombing Serbia a good while. Now that everyone is copying Serbia to have low frequency to detect stealth planes, it would pick up anything that uses low frequency which is about anything from a stealth plane to a literal microwave
Yep the F 117 looks like something from the future! It looks like it should be a star fighter. My fav design! Id love to see an F 117 modernized and have a retractable cannon! Thatd be so cool!!!
Oh, I remember it's debris , back in 1999... Just west of Belgrade...
Yes, we were young at the time, and all was nice...
Good times... ❤️
We remember belgrades debris too it was on fire . For 25 more days not one serbian plane wanted any confrontation with US and nato planes . Within 6 days serbian goverment put the white flag up .
@@claudiohysi9203 nah. From 24. March to June 3rd.
NATO were pathetic.
@@claudiohysi9203 our pilots were beyond brave, using Mig29 from 1987 with no upgrades and barely functional. Their goal was not to take down enemy planes(radar jamming made it next to impossible) but diverte enemy planes from bombing cities and civilians, bridges and trains. 😉
Yes but also we remember the whole belgare was debris back then😅😊
By the way it's not visible on radio because the paint will basically eat the radio waves so it can't go back to show where it is at the radio
decreased visibility actually, but not enough not to be shot down
I still remember the first time I ever saw an f117 on TV. Was eating breakfast in the morning. On the news was some reporter during desert storm with f117's taking off in the background. Such a cool looking plane
Even though they are "retired" they still fly today. Likely for training, at a guess.
Kept serviceable for future reinstatement.
@@sebastiengiboulot7848 More training given where they have been spotted. I'm not arguing just giving my POV is all.
@@sebastiengiboulot7848 true.. If it is absolutely necessary.
I CAN'T SPEAK ALOT ON IT BUT I JUST FINISHED SEVERAL YEARS OF WORKING WITH THE MILITARY AS A PROPHET OF OUR LORD, AMEN ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💜💜💜💜💜
@@sphereslip I agree with your assessment
I wonder what WWI pilots would have made of this plain, when they ask why it looks the way it does, we would have to explain to them that Radar is invented to detect aircraft and this plain is designed to minimize it's Radar cross section.
lmao..you're right..The Brit obviously had radar. The Germans had it too but deemed it unnecessary.
I remember seeing one of these at an air show in the mid 90s. I still remember as a kid how insane it looked. Still have the poster!
I remember the first time I saw one landing at my hometown (and now closed) Myrtle Beach AFB. It flew directly in front of me as I was driving down US Hwy 17, our main street. What a thrill!
video sam ga oborenog, imam jedan deo
Funny enough, it was “officially retired” but they didn’t deconstruct them like they said they would, and we still actually use the f-117 a lot these days for air to ground.
Still a highly capable aircraft that should be used considering the shortage of stealth aircraft in the Airforce.
There are still F117'S flying.
😂😂😂pokazao svu vrednost u jugoslaviji
@@spuds416ne lete od 99,zvanično od 2008
I read about this plane in The Skunk Works a book about secret airplane design and Lockheed Martin
Still Badass🇺🇲🇺🇲🔥🔥🤟🏼
Enjoy the video friends!
Are you the same narrator for WATOP channel?
Wait, isn't that wants WATOP says?
@@swtorforlife yes
Его сбили в Югославии? Там вроде бомбардировщик стелс еще 2 штуки сбили легко, старыми РЛС
а ты знаеш как збили? визуальный контакт знаеш о таком термине? вот и збили.а так ни один совдеповский радар его не видел.
@@osbourne3084 П18 Терек радар... настроен для работы на более низкой частоте. Как заявил Дани, сбивший его в 1999 году. Привет из Сербий.
@@InfernoSRB для особо одаренных все было сбито в визуальном режиме.а не совдеповские пво сработали.
The F-117 Nighthawk is a American single-seat, twin-engine stealth aircraft that was developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works division and operated by the USAF. It was the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology. Another oddity around the same time was the half-black, half-metallic 79-10784, another one of the FSD [full-scale development] jets, which was trialed under the SENIOR SPUD program in July 1993. Over the course of four test flights, these metallic areas were apparently used to evaluate ways of reducing infrared signature, Paul F. Crickmore records, with the jet flying together with the NKC-135A Flying Infrared Signature Technology Aircraft (FISTA). It’s not clear how successful that was, but, in terms of visual signature, the metallic panels made the jet highly conspicuous in the daytime, at least. Similar testing continues to this very day, including using other surrogate aircraft.
Sorry, we didn't know he was invisible. Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Obligatory
Open bay doors will kill a B2, F22, F35 and B21 as well
Phahah obirili jedan avion a tukli vas 70 dana
I see you commented on two videos thats talking about the Nighthawk
@@adriankelly507 so what? Stfu
To this day this is still the icon drawing of a stealth fighter. Much like a dial phone is still an icon of a phone in 2022
Such a beautiful aircraft. I saw 2 F117 in formation with a B2 when I was 6, taking off from WPAB. or maybe I didn't...
Cor, it's got a brilliant look taxing and in flight. It's awesome!
At 3:17 it talked about the difficulty to arrange for air refueling the 117. If air refueling is required, it is always included in the flight plan, and has already been coordinated with the designated tanker unit. I was an air force air refueler for 20 years, and refueled the 117 multiple times, both day and night.
Loved the Wobble Goblin in action.
Night hawk: I've come.
Magnificent aircraft. Any plane, even stealthy ones on occasion are shot down!
The Convair Kingfish and Boeing's Model 853 Quiet Bird, long preceded "the original stealth plane". The F-117 was just the first to use a supercomputer to calculate the rcs from every angle. Still, the sr-71 and U-2 are considered 1st generation stealth jets. The U-2 ruled the skies over Russia for almost half a decade.
I was assigned to this program from 1986-1989 at Tonopah Test Range, NV. Upon my retirement in 1989, I was presented with a flag that had been flown aboard the first daylight flight by Col A.Tolin. Not my favorite assignment by any means, but probably, the most important.
Ale partyzanka, dziękuję tobie , wiesz kto , trzymamy kciuki....
Aircraft is still beautiful in design was my favorite as a child
It was also retired because one was shot down in Serbia.
@Massimo Hack yes, right
@Massimo Hack F117 was shot down in 1999 by the Serbian Army during the Aggression against Yugoslavia (Serbia an Montenegro)
@Massimo Hack luck had nothing to do with it...it was an exceptionally trained and highly skilled unit that used its equipment to the maximum of its potential......and it wasnt just ONE hit....one plane was shot down and fell on Yugoslav territory, another one made it back to the base badly damaged and was written off after, with accounts from people involved (from US side)stating now(after 20 years) of another (third) plane being hit and slightly damaged.......as for your claim "serbs asked for it"-that is another can of worms i don't want to open here
@Massimo Hack ofc they knew the plane was coming...they were coming every day.....with the equipment they were using the plane had to come to under 20 km from them to lock on and fire on it and to give the pilot minimum time to evade......and this particular unit fired on targets only 7 times during whole conflict that lasted 77 days and in return they were engaged 16 times by anti radar missiles with no hits(in fact they were the only unit with operational radar by the end, rest were taken out).....they shot down F 117 and F-16( both fell on Yugoslav territory and parts of both planes can be seen in museum, seen them myself),there were claims of more possible hits but no proof(no wrecks)....so yes they were good....the were trained enough to lock on targets(which was done manually) fast, they were smart enough to avoid being detected...in fact F-16 they shot down was a part or radar hunting group that was looking for them, since NATO did figure out in what area were they operating from and that they pose danger to air operations
It may be retired now, but it's still my favorite aircraft!!!
Nighthawk: Both crash during first flight test.
US Military: We'll take 500
Thank you for the footage of Holloman, the big HO,, 49th T A C fighter Wing. now combined. I was in the 49 EMS. 78-80
t-HAWKS?
Still has that COOL FACTOR!
I'm sure our adversaries we're crapping their pants when this jet in the 80's! USA USA
I had one of the f-19 models, cool looking model, kind of an SR-71 mini me. Lol
Sorry,we didnt know it was invisible
Such a sexy plane. Still looks futuristic
We shot down F-117A using old soviet S-125 Neva SAM system. We did not know it was invisible. What was left of it is exhibited in Belgrade, and interesting parts were sent to Russia and China. After F-117A was shot down, all F-117 were quickly grounded. S-125 Neva ruleZ :-)
F-117 continued operation during Operation Allied Force after the shoot down. They were not grounded and continued to serve for 8 more years.
@@hoppie8693 Only in US airspace :)
@@gundjaloneko5731 Sure. But that doesn't make them grounded. Let alone quickly.
@@hoppie8693 That US crap was dead long time before that. Like chinese made F35.
the most beautiful aircraft for me.. futuristic and still can be improved to be more lethal.. specially with the advent of drones and lasers..
S-125 SAM is joining the chat....
It's a torcher to the eyes.
Срби 1999 нису знали да је Ф117 невидљив као и Б1.Извињавамо се што смо првог оборили у околини Београда други у околини Вуковара....
Man! F117 nighthawk ain't play at all, looked sharp!! That's beyond imagination of human being built on this earth!! But that's awesome & reality!! All that belongs to the us. Today!! Thanks 👍👍👍
I always like this plane, so futuristic for its time. are they in museums or still in cold storage in case its needed again?
FYI the beginning scene in this video looks like the Fresno ANG base where 2 F-117s was recorded taking off and landing along with 2 F-15s a few months ago. Presumably they were providing training to the F-15s to help then detect, track, and fight against stealth/low observable aircraft. There are multiple RUclips videos of this event so obviously some are still able to fly. While some are in cold storage at Tonapah since "retirement" I do believe they are scheduled to be demilitarised in the near future. Just not all have been for now.
Also according to Wikipedia there are several F-117s on static display and at the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton Ohio.
Hill AFB Museum in Utah is getting one.
I saw one in cold storage
Some are still flying domestically but I’m not sure what for.
he never mentioned that at least one was shot down over serbia in 1999
just one out of 500 plus missions flown LOL
Stealth technology was invented by a Russian Soviet scientist - Ufimtsev Peter Yakovlevich in 1962 "The method of edge waves in the physical theory of diffraction".
@@kuckoo9036 The reason for this is that Americans often forget to indicate the author of their developments, whose ideas they used. A striking example is the periodic table of chemical elements, which was created by the great Russian scientist Mendeleev. It is studied in all schools and universities in the United States, but nowhere is it mentioned who its author is. Concealment of authorship subsequently leads to its erasure in history and the appropriation of other people's developments to other people and countries. Why do Americans do this if the US also has copyright. Or does it exist only within the country and does not apply to the whole world?
exactly! Kelly Johnson people of Skunk Works had read the translation of russian publications .
true
The F-117 Nighthawk is first stealth bomber who shot down by Serbian Air Defense in 1999.
I love its design.
Looks like something out of halo like a prelude to the long sword
Looks amazing.
Amazing Looking F-117 Nighthawk.
Hello from Serbia, 1999.
I don't think you'll ever see aircraft like that anymore.
F117 is visible only in USA, but in Serbia is not :)
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
F117 Nighthawk is such a cool name and design. Imagine if they would’ve unretired this and just refurbished them like the F22. The USA Military would go beast mode. 👍
When I was stationed at NAS Whidbey Island as part of base security after September 11th 2001we were doing security for two of these F-117's that had been flown in for an airshow that had been cancelled. You're damn skippy that I wandered around and checked them out inside the hanger! (didn't touch them but got damn close to them)!
Purrrrty girl !
Kinda reminds me of the sr71
Built a welded steel rod model of this stealth in 1970 at age 14, x
Realy I like this powerful fastest fighters jets
I miss hearing these things break them sound barrier. We lived in New Mexico when I was a kid and they had unrestricted flight access.
They don't go that fast, rewatch the video
@@markypaparo I don’t need to watch it again….I watched them fly over my house and break the sound barrier many times
@@martinrps13These planes couldn't breach the sound barrier. Their maximum speed was Mach 0.92
And Holloman AFB taught kids in German.
Questo aereo militare è spettacolare ,micidiale 💪👍👍👍👍👍🇮🇹
Still my favorite aircraft !!
Beautiful
The good old "Wobbly Golin".
Greatings from Budjanovci
As a Brit i will always be a bit bias saying the Avro Vulcan is the best looking aircraft ever made, however the f117 is not far behind, a menacing looking aircraft, that to this day still holds up to anything most nations have.
thats so awesome
The first stealth aircraft was the german Horten 229. Considered as the first one after a team of specialists made a 1:1 replica and tested its stealth capabilities.
Yeah no you got the story in reverse, people thought it was a stealth ship because of its single wing design then expert made a replica and tested and realised it wasn't really stealthy at all.
@@benjaminparent4115 They realized that the radar detection range was reduced by 20% and would have greatly affected the course of the war.
In addition, experts concluded that the combination of speed and reduction in detection area would have made it impossible for the RAF to shoot down the Horten 229 in time.
In the case of a low-level flight, the Allies would have had a reaction time of only 2.5 minutes.
The documentary is called "Hitlers stealth fighter" , I suggest you to watch it.
@@militaryhistory4727 Might come as a shock for you but a lot of documentary, and sometimes even book are really poor sources even when they come from National Geographic, I would even say especially if they come from national geographic, because they created more than their fair shair of unscientific documentary.
The design document, that we got do not make any mention to stealth, an 20 % reduction is not that impressive and also only achieved in really precise and dangerous conditiion. it was also the result of a flying wing design which was not chosen for its smaller radar cross section, but for its lesser drag that would allow it to meet the range requirement.
What your forgot to mention is that your case is based on the assumption of horton trying to bomb england and coming france, which is quite unreasonable given the first prototype was built month after the D-Day extending the radar coverage the allies past the english channel. Also the case assume low altitude and high speed, which is really risky and extremely difficult for the pilot but also reduce range which is quite a problem for the Horton because of how fuel hungry jet engine are, there is a reason why long range bomber fly at high altitude.
Also I would say it is quite reasonable to doubt any performance number given for a plane that never finished development.
And finally being able to act so fast that your oppoent can't react is not by any definition of the world being stealthy and is more or less the result of just having faster aircraft, which realistically germany couldn't have in any significant manner because of their various shortage. They could have built a few jet plane but that's it they couldn't muster them in enough number to change the tide of war.
A stealth Aircraft is capable of finishing his mission from start to finish without ever being acquired by any detection method.
During Desert storm F-117 literraly crossed the southern border of Iraq flew to Bagdad probably the city with the strongest air defense at the times, passing by numerous radar installation, circled around bagdad until Hour H, dropped their bombe an left Irakian Airspace without being acquired once. This is stealth.
@@militaryhistory4727 He’s right you know, documentaries by and large are meant to sensationalize and entertain more than to inform; if you want good, solid information, you are going to have to do some reading and even then you can’t trust everything.
The Horton was a scam pushed by two nazis who wanted to be taken to America with the other scientists rather than be left to the fate of Germany, but they didn’t have anything impressive to show so they cobbled the Horton together out of wood and fabric and made fantastical promises of its performance but nothing ever came of it when they arrived in America because there wasn’t anything to come from.
@@benjaminparent4115 you didn't have to clown on him that hard lmao
This technology was 38 years ago but it's still look advanced today and I couldn't imaging what are they having now , that's why I'm confident that what the Chinese have just like a joke to the America power
With the wheels up it’s every paper plane makers dream. Lol. So cool and mind bending back in the day
Super cool, super machine, super precise aeronautical engineering for a precise moment 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎🥇👍👍👍👍
You mentioned Panama and desert storm, i was wondering why you didn't mention Yugoslavia 1999 and how it was shut down with old russian aa system, still its cool looking plane
The fighter wasn't invisibe and was shot down by non-rader guided aa. So, i gues they see it on sight, without the help of a radar. The Stealth still lives on.
We were still the 4450th during Just Cause. I was there.
It looks so wonderful like it is still in design process ! 😍....
Cool Video, Thanks Sam. 👍 🇺🇸
This thing is still possibly the 3rd best stealth fighter in the world. It is very likely it saw some unofficial combat in Syria. It was our only stealthy laser guided bomb platform before the F-35 was combat ready. All hail the Wobblin Goblin.
"PROFESSOR OF INTELLIGENCE.(3)."
It looks super cool.
Built the Navigation system for the stealth in GPS satellites 🛰 in 1983.
this is still my fav aircraft.. they just have not perfected the performance of it yet.. imo
i love forever f117 is number one
never will we see another plane as beutiful as the nighthawk
I call that the Star Fox jet. Looks like the low-polygon models from the N64/PS1 era.