The Nighthawk's First Strike

Emerging from the 1991 Gulf War with a reputation of being unstoppable and capable of extraordinary precision dropping laser guided bombs, it’s easy to forget that in the year before it's incredible performance in the desert, the F-117 was met with a high level of skepticism over its true capabilities. This came as a result of its baptism of fire in a prior US campaign, not in the deserts of the Middle East but in the tropical central American country of Panama. In today’s episode, we will take a look at the background, execution and fallout from the Nighthawk’s first mission. Welcome to Wars of the World.

0:00 Introduction
2:19 A Just Cause
6:30 The Nighthawk
13:13 H-Hour
18:13 An Expensive White Elephant?

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Narrated by: Will Earl
Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins
Edited by: James Wade & Kieran Kennerley

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