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An F-117 Nighthawk uses a parachute to help it slow down after landing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Feb. 21, 1999. U.S.-based aircraft and support personnel are deploying to their forward staging bases in Europe for potential NATO air operations. The U.S. Air Force stealth fighter is deployed from the 8th Fighter Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.

An F-117 Nighthawk uses a parachute to help it slow down after landing at Aviano Air Base.

An F-117 Nighthawk uses a parachute to help it slow down after landing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, on Feb. 21, 1999. U.S.-based aircraft and support personnel are deploying to their forward staging bases in Europe for potential NATO air operations. The U.S. Air Force stealth fighter is deployed from the 8th Fighter Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.

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