The F-117A Nighthawk was the world's first operational aircraft designed use low-observable stealth technology. The F-117A was a single-seat attack and defense suppression aircraft for the Air Force. The F-117 was designed to penetrate dense threat environments also as attack high value targets with pinpoint accuracy.
The F-117A Nighthawk was developed by Lockheed Martin and the predecessor test demonstrator aircraft, Have Blue, was applied in secret from 1975. Development of the F-117A began in 1978 and it was first flown in 1981, however it had been not till 1988 that its existence was publicly announced. the first aircraft was delivered in 1982 and the last of the 59 Nighthawks procured by the US Air Force was received in 1990.
