Editing Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (section)

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<ref name="goodall">{{harvnb|Goodall|1992|p=24.}}</ref>

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<ref name="rich">{{harvnb|Rich|1994|pp=26–27}}</ref>

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=== Further reading ===
* {{cite book |last= Aronstein |first= David C. and Albert C. Piccirillo |title= Have Blue and the F-117A |location= Reston, Virginia, US |publisher= [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|AIAA]] |isbn= 978-1-56347-245-9 |year= 1997|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last= Fisk |first= Robert |title= The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East |location= New York, US |publisher= Alfred Knopf |isbn= 978-1-84115-007-9 |year= 2005|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last= Grant |first= R.G. and John R. Dailey |title= Flight: 100 Years of Aviation |year= 2007 |location= Harlow, Essex, UK |publisher= DK Adult |isbn= 978-0-7566-1902-2|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last1= Jenkins |first1= Dennis R. |first2= Tony R. |last2= Landis |title= Experimental & Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters |location= North Branch, Minnesota, US |publisher= Specialty Press |isbn= 978-1-58007-111-6 |year= 2008|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |last= Sun |first= Andt |title= F-117A Stealth Fighter |year= 1990 |location= Hong Kong |publisher= Concord Publications Co. |isbn= 978-962-361-017-9|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |editor-last= Winchester |editor-first= Jim |chapter= Lockheed F-117 |title= Modern Military Aircraft ''(Aviation Factfile)'' |year= 2004 |location= Rochester, Kent, UK |publisher= Grange Books plc |isbn= 978-1-84013-640-1|ref=none}}
* {{cite book |title= The World's Great Stealth and Reconnaissance Aircraft |location= New York, US |publisher= Smithmark Publishing |isbn= 978-0-8317-9558-0 |year= 1991|ref=none}}