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Military News - Air Force F-117 Stealth Fighter To Retire from News clips from AeroSpaceNews.com on March 12, 2008 15 views / likes
After years of service, some of it top secret, the United States Air Force is to retire the F-117A Nighthawk, the first so-called Stealth Fighter, in April 2008. Built by the famous Lockheed "Skunk Works" in a classified program, the plane pioneered low observable technologies now applied to the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning JSF or Joint Strike Fighter, and B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. Retirement of the F-117, occasionally called the Wobbly Goblin, is intended to save the Air Force funds for other programs.
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Space News - NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour Night Launch STS-123 from News clips from AeroSpaceNews.com on March 11, 2008 12 views / likes
In a rare and dramatic night launch, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and her crew lift-off from the Kennedy Space Center on their way to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is STS-123. This is the narrated and edited NASA video that runs from main engine start through Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) separation just over 2 minutes into the flight. There are mentions in the radio calls of issues with the Reaction Control System (RCS).
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