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To help counter this, DARPA began a series of technology tests that eventually resulted in HAVE Blue, a stealth combat aircraft that had its first test flight by the end of 1977.<br\/><br\/>After the technology was proven to be practical, the Air Force developed and purchased the F-117A stealth fighter, which went operational in October 1983. That was followed by the development of the B-2 stealth bomber, which had its first flight in July of 1989. Since then, only one stealth plane has been shot down in combat\u00a0\u2014\u00a0an F-117 taken down over Serbia in 1999.<br\/><br\/>Retired Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula, now dean of the Mitchell Institute and a member of the Defense News advisory board, said the development of stealth &#8220;ushered in a change in the character of warfare.&#8221;<br\/><br\/>&#8220;Stealth allowed us to dramatically reduce and\u00a0\u2014\u00a0in some cases\u00a0\u2014\u00a0eliminate altogether, the massive force packaging that&#8217;s required for non-stealthy aircraft to reach targets anywhere in theater,&#8221; Deptula said.<br\/><br\/>&#8220;That leverage, combined with the use of precision weapons, enabled the application of new concepts of operations focused on effects\u00a0\u2014\u00a0vice destruction\u00a0\u2014\u00a0to achieve strategic outcomes in a fraction of the time using conventional means.&#8221;<br\/><br\/>While only 21 B-2 bombers were procured and the F-117 was retired in 2008, stealth is now a core tenant of US airpower, and its role will only expand.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the largest programs for the US Air Force in the coming years will be the F-35 joint strike fighter and the B-21 bomber, both designs that rely on stealth characteristics. 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