Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series Diecast Model

Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk – 49th FW (49th OG), USAF, August 2006

1:72 Scale.  Length: 11".  Wingspan: 7.25"


Limited production of approximately 450 models worldwide

Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk 86-0839 c/n A.4064 was built in 1986 and delivered in 1989 to the 415th TFS/37th TFW(P). In 1991 86-0839 was named “Midnight Reaper” and assigned to Major Joseph Salata of the 415th TFS who flew 32 missions from King Khalid RSAF. In October 1991 the 415th TFS was re-designated 49th FW and located at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Salata became the CO of the 49th FW/OG/9th FS “Flying Knights”. F-117 Nighthawk 86-0839 took part in the August 2006 Oceana Naval Air Station air show marked as the Commander’s aircraft.

The F-117 Nighthawk is a twin-engine attack aircraft built by Lockheed for the U.S Air Force and the first operational military aircraft designed using stealth technology. The F-117 was first flown on June 18, 1981 and achieved initial operating capability in 1983. F-117’s took part in the 1991 Gulf War and Operation Allied Force in Yugoslavia, where one was downed by a surface-to-air missile (SAM) on March 27, 1999. It was the only Nighthawk lost in combat. The F-117 was also used during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Of the 64 F-117s built, 59 were production versions. The U.S. Air Force retired the F-117 in 2008.


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