The F-117 Nighthawk's not so unique components. 

Yup and most Russian aircraft are a great example

Even brick can fly when you have money to buy strong enough engine

@@user-kx4xs2xd3k the shuttle is a flying brick but it flies without engines

@@Gay_Nigga_Hoodmoments well no most are cheap and rugged. They basically keep improving the mig 29 design which was a good dogfighter. It's like a Soviet F-16. Their best planes are in the same tier with modernized F-15 today which is just a support aircraft for the west

@@Ricky-pr5wz nigga their really not Russian pilots have been seen zip tying hiking GPS into their cockpits at the start of the Ukrainian conflict plus there's no use for a dogfighter nigga dogfights aren't the preferred method of aerial combat nigga the Mig 29 is not on par with a modernized F15 blindly walking into a bait comment and regurgitating shit you saw spewed out by Russian state media and Pierre spray doesn't count for shit bruh if mig 29's where on par with the F15 then it wouldn't make sense for the F15 to absolutely curb stomp and shit on iraqi mig 29's in the first gulf war would it?

Better than Maverick

I love those examples whenever people talk about how precision munitions are too expensive and a waste.

i like the cool shape 😎

You mean "killing innocent civilians" instead because that's the American way 😎🇺🇲👹🔥

Yeah a quick google search will reveal that's most likely apocryphal.

Actually it was only $5000, but hey, with all the new stealth planes, it sure has gotten use.

nope !

@@Hiperruimteindustriee millions of dollars sounds better

You're probably thinking of the time a bird, an owl IIRC, landed on it while doing testing.

Just Lockheed Martin being Lockheed Martin

@@kid31989 We've all seen a gazillion photos of the rear lol.

It looks like a bird

@@kid31989 you mean like the exhaust?

@@kid31989 damn

I preferred the prototype's tail. Looked even more futuristic.

IOC was October of 1983. DOD started to discuss them publicly (mostly just acknowledging they existed) in early - mind 1988, so maybe 4 1/3 years. Thing is, Aviation Week and Pop Com, Jane’s Defense and others were reporting on the rumors of the plane under development as far back as 1980/81. XST was never a well kept secret.

Not only that but there was a crash during its early days that started a fire. They circled gunships above it and didn't let any fire fighters near it. They even replaced the wreckage with a different aircraft before they let people into the area.

Finally I see someone thinking good of Hind! I can't be the only one digging its look of a retro spaceship.

The F-23 really just looks so much nicer than the F-22! Personally I've also got a soft spot for the Rafale and the Gripen though, and I'll never stop loving the F-16. Used to be a big fan of the Russian Flanker family, but nowadays more so when theyre slightly less intact. The Berkut is still nice tho.

But only if an executive decision is needed.

My fav segal movie, because he left the movie fast!👍

This is gold!💰👍 Has MST 3000 come to youtube?

What? You mean people go on the internet and lie? Why would anyone do that 😂

As a hobby game developer, this is relatable.

The best part is that it was based on the work of a *Soviet* Mathematician named Pyotr Ufimtsev that was published internationally because the Soviets didn't see any practical application of his work. ...oooops.

From the 1980's to the 90's, I grew up around Edwards Air Force Base because my biological father worked there and at Groom Lake on these black project's. Thanks to all this technology I had one hell of a teenage life.

The F-22 is just this but using a computer that isn't in 16 bit

People somehow got the idea that low-poly equates to stealth. As the dude before me said, it was literally just a limitation of computers back then. Same reason video games went from low polygon counts to insanely smooth.

Low poly isn't stealth in the same way blended shapes like the F-22 or the B2 are. The thing with low poly shapes is that if the radar isn't coming from head on, if it's just in the right (or wrong, depending on who's side your on) position, it is seeing a flat face, which gives a huge radar return. On planes like the F-22 or the B-2 there really aren't very many large flat faces to be able to reflect radar back at the source if it's not coming from straight on

@@ParadigmUnkn0wn you better compare that radar cross section of f117 compared to f22. F117 wins this time

@@tidaltidaltidal no, it doesn't. F-117 Nighthawk has an RCS of 0.003m2, about the size of a hummingbird. The B-2 bomber has an RCS of 0.0001m2, the same as the F-22, the size of a bumble bee. The F-22 is far stealthier than the F-117 and unlike the F-117, that stealth doesn't disappear if the RADAR comes from the wrong angle.

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It was! 😂😂😂

9th AMXS Flying Nights!!😊

@Outdoor Frenzy I was in the 8th black sheep. I was assistant DCC on the Lone Wolf

@@rolandyamel6376 man we stole your mascot so many times!

@Ban this youtube I think the widely accepted belief is that the F-117 is still being flown as a simulated enemy and not for real combat. So while it isn't going up against soviet-era SAMs anymore, it is being used as a stand in for RedFor stealth jets.

Yea I heard they named it as the "f"117 when it should have been called the "b"117 due to them not wanting to push pilots away. They were nervous of good pilots not being attracted to flying it due to it being a bomber. So they technically called it a fighter so better more skilled pilots would fly it.. idk if that's true I heard this from a channel long time ago. You'd think any pilot would do anything to fly one even over there original f14s or 15s

Would be hard pressed to agree that the USAF would designate a whole class of plane something it’s not just because skilled pilots would avoid it. I mean some of the most skilled pilots fly the b2/b1 u2 etc. also I’m sure the AF would just say ‘you are flying this plane that’s an order’

@@daytonrhine5167 I'd take an F-15 any day over this thing. Some Israeli pilot landed an F-15 that had an entire wing blown off by a missile. Meanwhile this thing falls out of the sky if the computer glitches.

@@ParadigmUnkn0wn What plane do you fly now?

@@roywhiteo5 never said I was a fighter pilot, nor do I even dream to be one. My dream is a twin turboprop and to be able to afford -- and have the time -- to fly at least a couple hundred hours per year in it. Lately I struggle to fill the tanks on my Piper Navajo. If avgas prices don't come down, I might have to rejoin the single-engine gang 😭 Same reason I don't like single-engine planes is the same reason I wouldn't want to fly an F-117. Safety and redundancy, or lack thereof. I guess fighter pilot mentality is different. I have a preference for well-proven, simple, mechanical systems as opposed to electronic gadgets. I suppose in a fighter jet you can always eject, although I hear it takes a bit off your height and can often end flying careers. I hear detached retinas and spinal compression are no fun.

"Moj je vidljiv al' ne pada"

you just said bomber and dog fight in the same sentence...

@@Skankhunt-mv4vd Yes, just like it's called an F117 when it's supposed to be a B117

@@KarlenBell Just because an aircraft has an F doesn't mean it is designated as a dog-fight or air superiority fighter. The F117 is a dedicated ground attack aircraft. It wasn't designed to dog-fight other fighters.

@@Skankhunt-mv4vd Exactly. Which proves my first comment. I had to know all this to realize it's less exciting than I assumed it once was. It's just a diamond looking plane that can dump 1 to 2 bombs that flies on autopilot most of the time.

We stopped messing with countries that have an airforce so we don’t sweat that stuff to much 🤡

Apparently not

Odd fav thing...a paper work mistake 🍺

It was a bomber. But they were able to fire off one set of middles from the “weapons bays” so it could get the “F” designation. Gotta love Cold War politics.

Paper planes in home room saw a bit of triangle aircraft sorties 🇺🇸

That's the f22 I thought not the 117??🤷🏽‍♂️

Its not gold, ita a tin oxide, and its for preventing radar energy from entering the cockpit for stealth. It just appears gold in colour. Many aircraft have and do use this or similar canopy coatings either for stealth or in the prowlers case protecting the crew from its own radar energy. The a6 prowler, the b1b, f22, f35, f16 (not all have it, but it was certainly developed) and i believe the super hornet may as well. I think i read in a manual somewhere.

They wanted more "competitive" fighter pilots over the "standard" bomber pilots. It was an attempt to attract the so called "cream of the crop"

Yet an S125 from the 70s has no problem tracking it 🤔

Yeah, for sure! I've only seen an F-117 once, when it did a couple of flybys when I visited a Dutch airshow (Eindhoven). It approached low and fast, and it was very close before the crowd heard it. Stealth is not just in the area of radar!