Editing SPOILER: Hopewell Facility (section)

=== Have Blue / F-117 program ===
The first [[Have Blue]] prototype stealth fighter (a smaller cousin of the [[F-117 Nighthawk]]) first flew at Groom in late [[1977]].  Testing of a series of ultra-secret prototypes continued there until mid-[[1981]], when testing transitioned to the initial production of F-117 stealth fighters.  In addition to flight testing, Groom performed radar profiling, F-117 weapons testing, and was the location for training of the first group of frontline USAF F-117 pilots.  Subsequently active-service F-117 operations (still highly classified) moved to the nearby [[Tonopah Test Range]] and finally to [[Holloman Air Force Base]].