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  1. Operation Just Cause
  2.  
  3.  
  4. The F-117 "Stealth" fighter-bomber's development and testing, as
  5. well as the training of the aircrew, were conducted in the utmost
  6. secrecy.  The aircraft first saw combat on December 20, 1989,
  7. during the United States invasion of Panama -- "Operation Just
  8. Cause."  On that day, two Nighthawks of the 37th Tactical Fighter
  9. Wing attacked the Rio Hato barracks, each delivering 2000-pound
  10. BLU-109 laser-guided bombs. 
  11.  
  12. The target, which the planes successfully hit, was only 150
  13. meters from barracks full of Panamanian troops.  The goal of this
  14. attack was to stun and frighten the troops, not to kill them. 
  15. Not long after the airstrike, the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment
  16. parachuted into the area and secured the barracks and a nearby
  17. airstrip.