Hasegawa 1/72 US Air Force F-117A Nighthawk Plastic Model E1

1/72 scale plastic model. The American Air Force secretly developed F – 117 is an aircraft equipped with the ability to make infrared and radar detection difficult. Its development dates back to the stealth research facility HaveBlue which first flew in 1977. As a result of repeated flight tests, the Air Force ordered a full scale development machine (Fullscaledevelopmentaircraft) in November 1978, and in 1982, the mass production machine F – 117A Delivery of the product was started. The airframe shape is composed of complex planes to diffusely reflect radar waves. For infrared rays, the exhaust nozzles are elongated in the transverse direction and the exhaust air temperature is lowered by the outside air. Initially, F – 117A was developed as a fighter aircraft, but it has no anti – aircraft fighting capability, it was used for ground attacking mission, became famous for the pinpoint bombing in the Gulf War of 1991, the first mission was 1989 It was an attack on Panama. (From Amazon.co.jp)