A United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter moves into position under a KC-135 stratotanker for a mid-air refueling over the state of Missouri, September 12 while en route to a deployment in the Middle East. 

A United States Air Force KC-135 tanker crewmember monitors a F-117 stealth fighter as it moves into position for a mid-air refueling over the state of Missouri, September 12 while en route to a deployment in the Middle East. President-Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies. 

A United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter rolls away from a KC-135 tanker after a mid-air refueling while en route to a deployment in the Middle East September 12. President-Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies. 

A United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter moves into position for a mid-air refueling over the state of Missouri September 12 while en route to a deployment in the Middle East. President-Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies. 

A United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter flies over Missouri after a mid-air refueling while en route to a deployment in the Middle East September 12. President Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies.

USA IRAQ 

A United States Air Force KC-135 tanker crewmember monitors a F-117 stealth fighter as it moves into position for a mid-air refueling over the state of Missouri, September 12 while en route to a deployment in the Middle East. President Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies.

USA IRAQ 

A United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter moves into position for a mid-air refueling over the state of Missouri September 12 while en route to a deployment in the Middle East. President Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies.

USA IRAQ 

A United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter rolls away from a KC-135 tanker after a mid-air refueling while en route to a deployment in the Middle East September 12. President Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies.

USA IRAQ 

A United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter flies off the wing of a KC-135 tanker after a mid-air refueling over the state of Missouri, while en route to a deployment in the Middle East September 12. President Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies.

USA IRAQ 

A United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter moves into position under a KC-135 stratotanker for a mid-air refueling over the state of Missouri, September 12 while en route to a deployment in the Middle East. President Clinton ordered more military hardware into the Persian Gulf region in response to Iraq's latest acts of aggression toward the United States and her allies.

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- FILE PHOTO 1990 - The United States will send F-117A "stealth" fighters to the region near Iraq to back up threats of possible new American attacks against Iraqi military targets, U.S. Defence Secretary announced September 11. 

1990 FILE PHOTO - An Air Force F-117A "Nighthawk" stealth fighter crashed May 10 near the New Mexico-Arizona border and the pilot is missing, the Air Force said May 11. A F-117A fighter is shown in a test flight in this Pentagon handout released April 3 1990 

With a F-117 stealth fighter as a backdrop, President Bill Clinton addresses a crowd of civilian and military workers at McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, May 21