First Flight


Message posted by Tim Hendrix on June 18, 2009 at 3:00:00 PST:

Just a tip of the hat to pilot Hal Farley and the fine group of people who participated in the first flight of the F-117 twenty-eight years ago today, June 18, 1981. That flight, from ‘an unspecified location in the Nevada desert’ in AC780 was a significant milestone in the operational development of stealth and LO platforms. Less than three decades after that first flight all are now gone except for a few shells guarding gates and collecting dust in museums. Not a very long life in today’s military. Just ask a B-52. Here’s to the 117, a victim of her own success.


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