How did America’s first stealth fighter get shot down by a 50-year-old Russian SAM?

Overconfidence in technology leads to mistakes - especially in a high-stakes environment where there is little room for error.

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The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk was a marvel of its time, often dubbed a "stealth fighter," even though it mostly functioned as a precision strike aircraft.

Designed from day one to evade radar detection, the Nighthawk was a symbol of US air superiority, capable of slipping through the most sophisticated air defenses to deliver devastating precision-guid…