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    Airframe Family: Lockheed F-117 Night Hawk
    Latest Model:F-117A Nighthawk
    Last Military Serial:85-0830 USAF
    Construction Number:A.4052
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-117A sn 85-0830 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tonopah Test Range Airport, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-117A.

    3 September 1987

    First flight.

    27 November 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 85-0830.

    Circa November 1987

    Transferred to 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, Tonopah Test Range Airport, NV.
    Operated with markings: Black Assassin, TR, 37 TFW

    By February 1991

    Deployed to King Khalid Royal Saudi AFB. Flew 31 combat missions supporting Operation Desert Storm.

    29 July 1991


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: OSH 1991

    29 July 1991


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: Oshkosh 1991

    29 July 1991


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: Oshkosh 1991

    29 July 1991


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: Oshkosh 1991

    30 July 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    30 July 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    30 July 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    By April 1992

    Markings Applied: TR, 37 FW

    23 May 1992


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-117A Nighthawk of the 37th Fighter Wing at Tonopah on display at the 1992 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    23 May 1992


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-117A Nighthawk of the 37th Fighter Wing at Tonopah on display at the 1992 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    23 May 1992


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-117A Nighthawk of the 37th Fighter Wing at Tonopah on display at the 1992 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    30 June 1992

    Transferred to 416th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, NM.
    Operated with markings: HO

    From By July 1993 to January 2008

    Transferred to 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, NM.
    Operated with markings: HO

    25 January 2008

    Assigned to Tonopah Test Range Airport, NV for storage.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     F-117 Stealth Fighter Units of Operation Desert Storm by Warren Thompson
    Internet Sources
     F-117A: The Black Jet
    The National Security Archive, The George Washington University
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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