Black Jet by Michael Rondot Limited Edition of 500 Signed Print F-117A Nighthawk

Description

The sinister looking F-117 Nighthawk captured popular imagination with amazing TV images filmed during attacks on Baghdad in the opening nights of Gulf War I.

Developed using “Have Blue” technology during the late 1970s and early 1980s at the secretive Lockheed “Skunk Works”, the F-117A was in service with the USAF for 7 years before it was revealed to the public in 1990. A year later it was in action during operation DESERT STORM and caused a sensation with images of precision bombing attacks shown on television screens and front pages of newspapers around the world.

Night after night over downtown Baghdad, the theory of a strike aircraft designed to avoid radar detection and fly directly into intense anti-aircraft defenses was tested by brave pilots over Iraq. The results, together with the aircraft and its pilots are now legendary.

Each copy of BLACK JET is individually signed by 24 “Bandit” pilots, including the commander of the Gulf War Unit, and is issued with a certificate of authentication and historical notes listing the signatories.

Signatures: Artist signed and by 24 F-117A Nighthawk ‘bandit’ pilots

Print Size: 71cm x 50cm

Each print is accompanied with a matching numbered certificate of authenticity.