Lockheed-F-117-Nighthawk

Wallpaper Description:

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a single-seat,twin-engine stealth ground-attack aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). A product of Lockheed Skunk Works and a development of the Have Blue technology demonstrator, the F-117 was the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology. The maiden flight for the type was conducted in 1981, and it achieved initial operating capability status in October 1983.[1] The F-117 was "acknowledged" and revealed to the world in November 1988

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 65 ft 11 in (20.09 m)
• Wingspan: 43 ft 4 in (13.20 m)
• Height: 12 ft 9.5 in (3.78 m)
• Wing area: 780 ft² (73 m²)
• Empty weight: 29,500 lb (13,380 kg)
• Loaded weight: 52,500 lb (23,800 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F404-F1D2 turbofans, 10,600 lbf (48.0 kN) each

Performance


• Maximum speed: Mach 0.92 (617 mph, 993 km/h)
• Cruise speed: Mach 0.92
• Range: 930 NM (1720 km)
• Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m)
• Wing loading: 65 lb/ft² (330 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.40

Armament

• 2 × internal weapons bays with onehardpoint each (total of two weapons) equipped to carry:
• Bombs:
• GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bomb with 2000lb Mk84 blast/fragmentation or BLU-109 or BLU-116 Penetrator warhead
• GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb with 500lb Mk82 blast/fragmentation warhead
• GBU-27 Paveway III laser-guided bomb with 2000lb Mk84 blast-fragmentation or BLU-109 or BLU-116 Penetrator warhead
• GBU-31 JDAM INS/GPS guided munition with 2000lb Mk84 blast-frag or BLU-109 Penetrator warhead
• B61 nuclear bomb[