F-117s Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFB For The First Time In Over A Decade
The small flying force of F-117s continues to come out of its secretive bubble and is now operating out of Nellis AFB in Las Vegas.
ByTyler RogowayOctober 30, 2020
The War Zone
The small pocket force of still active F-117s that are flying in the aggressor and test and evaluation roles continues to expand its operations beyond the confines of its 'childhood' and 'retirement' home of Tonopah Test Range Airport, located in a remote swathe of Southern Nevada. Now, after deploying briefly to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego last week, a bizarrely high-profile operation for the traditionally extremely shy Nighthawks, the type has returned to Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, a place that its operations have been tied directly to, in one way or another, throughout its active service. This is the first known visit of a Nighthawk to the base since its retirement 12 years ago.
The photos of the F-117s flying out of Nellis come to us from aviation photographer Santos Caceres, who goes by santos_caceres.lv on Instagram. He snapped the shots off base at around 3:40 pm on October 30th, 2020. F-117s were also seen in the pattern overhead the huge airbase in the morning. The aircraft flew under their staple, but still mysterious 'KNIGHT' callsign.
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