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How to wreck a F-117A Nighthawk Stealth fighter

Palmdale, USA - In 2007 started the pull-out of the first line

This is the verification that is not impossible. It happened on August 26th at Palmdale Air Force Base, California, but the news has been recently disclosed: the article 784, the 5th prototype of Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk Stealth fighter has been wrecked in a way as simple as brutal. After to have removed Stealth panels and other pieces built with advanced materials, a Caterpillar reduced it...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1095664
Rome, Italy, 10/23/2008 18:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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