Jane's F-117 Stealth Fighter: At The Controls

by Janes, Jon Lake

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.

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 1998

Reviews

[Robert Hepple · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 1997, 'Jane's How to Fly and Fight in the F-117A Stealth Fighter' is the 2nd in a series on that theme, and gives a very well detailed summary of the Lockheed F-117, more than adequately supported by a lot of superb photos. There are good sized gaps in some of the information - more recent books on the subject have seemingly had access to far more classified information - but the info provided is more than sufficient considering how short the book is. Very enjoyable.