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MolliG
05-26-2004, 02:07 PM
Pictures from Lockheed Martin (www.lmaeronautics.com).

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/C90-1112-30.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/C90-1129-36.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/C90-1141-08.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/DG024216.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/DG026721.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/Pi-10050.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/Pi-10129-03.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/PR186604.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/PR195918A.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/PR316447.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/PR323810.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/PR349623.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/PR349705.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/TP010.jpg

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/PR349908.jpg

HumanShield
05-26-2004, 02:22 PM
hot :lol:

-Max2-
05-26-2004, 02:46 PM
Great pics. woot

Operation Ivy
05-26-2004, 03:00 PM
that plane is the **** :D

gregom
05-27-2004, 02:29 AM
That is by far one of the sweetest, meanist looking planes ever built.

scrybe
05-27-2004, 02:46 AM
So mean, so mean.

Lysander
05-27-2004, 09:56 AM
Does anyone have pictures of the F-117 with the new "gray" paint scheme?

He219
05-27-2004, 10:34 AM
Does anyone have pictures of the F-117 with the new "gray" paint scheme?

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_031209-F-0000C-001.jpg

(Left to right) Staff Sgts. Armond Cornin and Casell Davis, and Airman 1st Class Louis Delgado apply a layer of primer to the underbelly of an F-117 Nighthawk before it is painted gray.

http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/web/web_031209-F-0000S-001.jpg
Hi-Res (http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/photos/031209-F-0000S-001.jpg)

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- An F-117 Nighthawk sits in its hangar after being repainted. The aircraft, owned by the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group's Detachment 1 here, was repainted gray as part of a test to determine whether the F-117 can have a role in daytime combat operations. Normally painted black, the stealth fighters are used for night missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Vanessa LaBoy)
Voila!
p-)

OzMan
05-27-2004, 11:19 AM
http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/Pi-10050.jpg

Good shot of the gold-covered windows used to stop radar beams from entering the cockpit and focusing on the round shape of the pilot's head.

http://www.lmaeronautics.com/gallery/products/combat_air/f117/images/PR186604.jpg

Looks like Tonopah Test Range, where it pretty much all started and came together for this aircraft

2Sheds_Jackson
05-27-2004, 12:40 PM
ssshhhhhh! ;)

Holliwood
05-27-2004, 01:20 PM
BUUUHHH!!!!!! :lol:

What an ugly plane.....plane i've told plane?? :lol: :lol:
:cantbeli:


Fabio

Damian
05-27-2004, 01:53 PM
Amazing aircraft!!!

Do you have more pics?

ZeroPositive
05-27-2004, 08:53 PM
not so keen on the grey paint jobby....
Black is still the most impressive colour :D
nice pics

LordHalbert
05-27-2004, 11:47 PM
I heard grey is harder to see than black.

Fintin
05-27-2004, 11:53 PM
I heard grey is harder to see than black.

black is one of the worst colors to wear at night...look up at the night sky...it has more of a dark blue look to it...black is one of the easiest colors to spot actualy...because of it is not a naturaly occuring color in nature in any large amount...unless your under the mountains of WV...

Metak
05-28-2004, 03:00 AM
Does anyone have pictures of the F-117 with the new "gray" paint scheme?
Not gray, but desert camo:
http://web.whrsd.org/students/bryant_tyler/images/f117camo.jpg