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This week on the Fighter Pilot Podcast, we're back to the aircraft series with a discussion on the once top secret

Lockheed Skunkworks F-17 Night Hawk despite the F and its designation if like me you always thought of this aircraft as more of an attack plane,

then you may be surprised to learn why they in fact call it the stealth fighter,

according to our guest, Ret retired Michigan Air National Guard Major, Robert

Donaldson.

Well, we were invisible to their radar and everything we don't want them controlling their airspace,

so our secondary role is to shoot down the Soviet AWax.

Either on the way in or on the way out,

you could add a Soviet AWax painted to the side of your aircraft.

Low threat,

uh, low threat.

Overhead, overhead.

Overhead.

Tell 10. 0.5 miles.

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