Ua hūnā ʻia ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka Nightawk e hoʻomaka nei i ka makahiki 1975.
Ua lele mua ʻia ia ma 1981, akā ua uhi ʻia ia i ka hūnā, a ʻaʻole ʻike ka lehulehu e pili ana i ka mokulele a hiki i 7 mau makahiki ma hope.
Ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana o kona hoʻomaha loa mai ka manawa i pani ʻia ai e ka Raptor, me he mea lā ua mālama ʻia ka mokulele a ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he hana ʻole.

Ua hoʻomohala mua ʻia ka Nightawk ma ke ʻano he mokulele hoʻouka kaua e Lockheed Martin ma hope o ka hana ma ka ʻenehana stealth. ʻO ka hana ʻana o ka mea i hele mua ma mua, kahi mokulele demonstrator hoʻāʻo i kapa ʻia ʻo Have Blue, i lawe malū ʻia mai ka makahiki 1975.

I ka makahiki 1978, ua lilo ka F-117A i mea ulu a ua lele mua ʻia ia ma ka makahiki 1981. Akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ka lehulehu e pili ana i kona ola ʻana a hiki i ka wā i hoʻolaha ʻia ai 7 mau makahiki ma hope i ka makahiki 1988.

Ma waena o 1982 a me 1988, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka Nightawk mua ma ke ʻano he mokulele stealth hana mua loa o ka honua i ka United States Air Force (USAF). ʻO ia kekahi o nā mokulele stealth he 59 e loaʻa i ka USAF ma o 1990, e hōʻailona nei i ka mea hope loa i hāʻawi ʻia.

Ua hoʻololi ka United States Air Force i ka F-117 me ka F-22 Raptor ma mua o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ka papahana F-22 ma 2009. Ua hoʻololi ʻia me ka F-35 Joint Strike Fighter ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me ka maʻalahi. Ua hoʻomaha ʻia nā ʻumi he 55 o ka mokulele 117 F-2006 i ka lawena i ka mahina ʻo Kēkēmapa 2008. Ua mālama ʻia kahi hanana hoʻomaha liha ma Wright-Patterson Air Force Base i Malaki XNUMX.

Akā ʻaʻole i hala nā Nightawks. Ke mālama ʻia nei lākou i nā hangar ma kahi kahua mokulele ma ka Tonopah Test Range ma Nevada. Ua hōʻea nā 4 Nightawks hope loa i ka pae hōʻike ma ʻApelila 22, 2008. Ua wehe ʻia nā ʻeheu a me nā huelo no ka mālama ʻana, akā hiki ke hoʻomanaʻo koke ʻia kekahi mau mokulele e lele ke koi ʻia.

I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻokūpaʻa ka Air National Guard e hoʻohana ʻia ana nā F-117 Nightawks i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomaʻamaʻa, e like me ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he pani no nā missiles holo kai e kū mai ana. Hōʻike nā hōʻike i kēia ʻano hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka hihia no kekahi manawa i kēia manawa. Ma muli o ka mokulele hiki ke hoʻohālikelike i nā hana e like me nā missile holo kai, he paepae kūpono lākou no ka hana pale pale missile.

Ua loaʻa paha ka inoa o ka Nightawk no ka mea hoʻohana wale ʻia ia no nā mikiona hana i ka pō. A i ka hūnā ʻole, kanalua ʻole, hāʻawi ʻia i kona mōʻaukala a me kona waihoʻoluʻu ʻeleʻele, maʻalahi e hoʻohuihui i nā ao o ka pō. Akā ʻo wai ka mea e pono ke hoʻohui inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike maka ʻole i ka radar?

Hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia nā papa a me nā ʻaoʻao pili o ka Nightawk e hōʻike i ka radar ʻenemi i nā hōʻailona kukuna ʻololī, kuhikuhi ʻia aku mai ka mea ʻike ʻikepili radar ʻenemi. ʻO nā puka āpau a me nā paneli wehe i ka mokulele i ʻike i-niho i mua a me nā huina o ke ala e hōʻike i ka radar. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao o waho o ka mokulele i uhi ʻia me kahi mea hoʻoliʻiliʻi radar (RAM). ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kēia mau mea āpau.

ʻIʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Frisbee a me Wobblin 'Goblin, ʻo ka nuʻukia o ka F-117A Nightawk ka mea e komo i loko o nā wahi hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi a hoʻouka i nā pahuhopu waiwai kiʻekiʻe me ka pololei kiʻekiʻe. Ua lawelawe ʻo Nightawk i ka lawelawe hana ma Panama, i ka manawa o Operation Desert Storm, ma Kosovo, i Afghanistan, a i ka Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Hana ʻia ka mokulele stealth o ka aluminika me ka titanium no nā wahi o ka ʻenekini a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻopau.

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In between 1982 and 1988, the first Nighthawk was delivered as the world's first operational stealth aircraft to the United States Air Force (USAF).
Ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana o kona hoʻomaha loa mai ka manawa i pani ʻia ai e ka Raptor, me he mea lā ua mālama ʻia ka mokulele a ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he hana ʻole.
Also known as the Frisbee and the Wobblin' Goblin, the mission of the F-117A Nighthawk is to penetrate dense threat environments and attack high-value targets with high accuracy.