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STEALTH-FIGHTER

The Wire

Russia's first stealth fighter makes maiden flight

Russia's first stealth fighter intended to match the latest U.S. design made its maiden flight Friday, boosting the country's efforts to modernize its rusting Soviet-built arsenals and retain its lucrative export market.

F-117 Stealth Fighter to Be Retired

The world's first attack aircraft to employ stealth technology is slipping quietly into history.

The Vine
R.I.P. Nighthawk: The Stealth F-117 to Be Retired Today
Source: lcsun-news.com

Holloman Air Force Base will say farewell Monday to the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, which the nation is retiring from its arsenal after 27 years. The angular black radar-evading planes are being put in mothballs.

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