The Lockheed F-117A Night Hawk was the first stealth bomber and was instrumental in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, as discussed in this third volume of Famous Planes: Superplanes. The F-117 is a single-seat, twin-engine stealth ground attack aircraft formerly operated by the U.S. Air Force. Put into service in 1981, the F-117 was a product of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" division, and became the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology.
