Tamiya 61059 - 1/48 Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk  [61059]

About the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk

The U.S. always have been beneath the risk of the hostile radar systems and the ground-to-air missiles at so named "cold war" era. Therefore the stealth technology has drawn the eye for the U.S. Air Force and produced by the Lockheed, the task team had been called "Skunk Functions".
The idea of stealth technology was to defeat the radar sign given off by the hostile protection systems. F-117A Night hawk ended up being the initial stealth fighter proven the evidence of stealth technology. This aircraft has been covered up in secrecy for quite some time. Nevertheless the public was finally allowed to see the picture posted by the Department of Defense in 1988. The F-117A looks so strange weighed against traditional fighters. Including, this has an angular fuselage consists of black colored areas with radar absorbent paint to minimize any radar detection, no curved wings and V-tail with good direction control.

The very first operation to make use of the F-117A ended up being the Persian Gulf conflict. Lots of F-117A travelled in key and accomplished a surprise assault on the communication institution and Air Force head office without loss of one F-117A although it had the stiff defense. In addition the F-117A revealed to the public its attacking ability done by precision laser guided missile "GBU-27" through news all over the world. The F-117A successfully proved the effectiveness of the stealth technology.