F-117A "Wet Dream" Desert Storm
Lot 8 SN:84-0826 Captain Robert Donaldson

F-117A Lot 8 SN:84-0826 'Nachtfalke'

First flight 2 March 1987. While assigned to the 415th TFS, 29 combat missions were flown during Operation Desert Storm. #826 was also involved in Operation Allied Force with 31 missions. Retired 29 January 2008.

F-117 nickname "Wet Dream" It came in the middle of the night, and there was nothing you could do but clean up afterward.
AKA cockroach or stinkbug.

Capt. Bob Donaldson during one mission to bomb a couple of bridges in Kuwait. Before ingress refueled with KC-135 from 434th Air Refueling Wing. The boom operator Senior Airman Patricia Layman gave them a special show as they pulled up to refuel. His wingman Captain Mark J. Lindstrom got the same show from the tanker!

During the bomb run flew in low because the oil wells were burning and left a dark layer of smoke. He flew in low below the smoke layer at 700 ft and bombed a bridge. The bridge dropped and he watched a truck drive off the edge! The GBU blast flipped the aircraft 150 degrees upside down and ended up 200ft above the ground after flipping upright. Bridge number 2, same events!

On the way back to base they refueled with the same KC-135 Patricia who gave them another show! After landing Robert checked his aircraft. Luckily there was no damage from the bomb blast.

Robert called Patricia in Riyadh to thank her for the morale boost and sent her F-117 patches and squadron paraphernalia to thank her.