Someone was honest... for once.

[form810]

 

[knot4u]

@MikeD ?

 

[MikeD]

Ole 79-0781 “Toxic Death”, a Lot 1 jet, aircraft #2, the second F-117A flying prototype built. First flight 4 September 1981, retired 17 July 1991. Used for performance testing. Resides at the USAF museum. This was how she looked after getting stripped down of her Radar Absorbent Material coating prior to delivery, and how an F-117 looks bare-metal. Toxic Death referred to the strip down process and the blasting material they had to use to strip all of the coating off, that blasting material being a health hazard if ever breathed in.

 

[///AMG]

I assume being a test vehicle, she didn't go to war that last year, but did she?

 

[ArcherII]

Like the Have Blue scheme

 

[MikeD]

I assume being a test vehicle, she didn't go to war that last year, but did she?

No, she was technically a YF-117. Test article only.