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1999 F-117A shootdown... stealth fighter...
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1999 F-117A shootdown... stealth fighter...

Item # 713133 ·

LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 28, 1999

  • 1999 F-117A shootdown
  • Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
  • Stealth attack fighter  aircraft
  • NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
  • United States Air Force

The front page has a banner headline: "Stealth Goes Down; Pilot Rescued" with subheads and two related photos. (see images) Nice for display. More on page 20 with a few more related photos.
Complete 1st section only with all 38 pages, nice condition.

wikipedia notes: On 27 March 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, a Yugoslav Army unit (the 3rd Battalion of the 250th Air Defense Missile Brigade, which was under the leadership of Colonel Zoltán Dani) shot down an F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft of the United States Air Force by firing a S-125 Neva/Pechora surface-to-air missile. It was the first ever shootdown of a stealth technology airplane. The pilot ejected safely and was rescued by U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen conducting search and rescue.

Category: The 20th Century
Price
$78
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.