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I would have taken away the crew ladder and closed the canopy, but

the jet was about to fly for that night's RED FLAG sortie at Nellis

AFB, NV. Most pictures of the F-117A show it with the canopy

closed, so this is a little different--like it really sits on the

ramp day in and out--not a fake, posed picture for the press.

Taken at Misawa Air Base, northern Japan, last August about 45

minutes before sunset. The airplane is a Japan Self-Defense Force

Mitsubishi F-1 fighter.

Exposure determined by a spot meter just to the left of the canopy

with a 70-210/4 lens zoomed out, E100VS film.