18

$319.00

Fly with the 49th Fighter Wing Squadron in this hand-crafted Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk Model.

  • Length – 16 inches
  • Wingspan – 10.7 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin

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Description

Lockheed Martin® F-117 Nighthawk, 49th Fighter Wing Squadron

Fly with the 49th Fighter Wing Squadron in this hand-crafted Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk Model. Each model is carved from wood and hand-painted to provide a unique piece that will always be treasured.

  • Length – 16 inches
  • Wingspan – 10.7 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

LOCKHEED MARTIN®, F-117 NIGHTHAWK®, associated emblems and logos, and body designs of vehicles are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lockheed Martin Corporation in the USA and/or other jurisdictions, used under license by Squadron Nostalgia LLC.

On October 1, 1991 the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing was redesignated as the 49th Fighter Wing. Then on May 9, 1992, Holloman AFB and the 49th once again attracted national and international attention with the arrival of the Air Force’s most technologically advanced stealth aircraft, the F-117A Night Hawk. Seven years later, from February 21 through July 1, 1999, the 8th and 9th Fighter Squadrons deployed their F-117s and participated in Operation ALLIED FORCE, attacking some of the most valuable, and highly protected targets in Serbia. It was during Operation ALLIED FORCE that the 49th also gained the dubious distinction of being the only unit to lose a stealth fighter to enemy action. However, even this seeming disaster had profound positive effects on Air Force pilot escape and evasion survival training and how combat search and rescue operations were conducted. The people, aircraft, and equipment of the 49th Wing continued to play a key role supporting our allies in conflicts and humanitarian efforts around the globe. The wing’s F-117s made the first attacks against Iraqi leadership targets and air defenses on March 19, 2003 during the opening phases of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF). The 49th flew more than 80 missions in support of OIF and deployed approximately 300 of its airmen to maintain the wing’s operations in theater. Other wing units like the 49th Material Maintenance Groups BEAR (base expeditionary airfield resources) Base unit supported construction of airfields and temporary living quarters while members of the 49th Civil Engineering Squadron’s explosive ordinance disposal unit assisted with route clearance and the movement and disposal of unexploded ordinance. In 2008 the Air Force retired the F-117 to recallable climate controlled storage at their original base, the Tonopah Test Range Airfield in Nevada. With that retirement the mission of the 49th Fighter Wing returned to its familiar role as an air superiority fighter unit with the arrival of the F-22A Raptor and coincidentally making the 49th Fighter Wing the only active Air Force unit to have operated two different stealth platforms.

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