Download or read book Jane's F-117 Stealth Fighter: At The Controls written by Jane's and published by Collins Reference. This book was released on 1998-01-06 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The F-117A Stealth Fighter is designed to be undetectable by radar. Developed in great secrecy during the Cold War, it spearheaded the air assault on Iraq in 1991. At the Controls investigates the secret origins of the Stealth program and how the F-117A is able to penetrate heavily defended airspace that no other plane could venture near. At the Controls takes you on a combat mission with the F-117A, revealing how to attack enemy command bunkers with laser-guided bombs and how to defeat modern antiaircraft defenses.