How come a jet that is “retired” in 2008 continues to appear on the most challenging job in the training world? The F-117 Nighthawk is in a weird, long-lived micro-niche: it is an object of historical ...

The US Air Force unveiled its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, in December. The B-21 is expected to arrive 40 years after the US's first stealth aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk. The F-117 was ...

-Despite Lockheed’s efforts to modify the F-117 for naval use, including enhancing its speed and payload capacity, the Navy rejected the proposal due to cost, performance priorities, and inherent ...

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, known to the world as the “Stealth Fighter,” entered operational service in 1989 with a limited role in the invasion of Panama, but the public became more aware of the ...

Nothing says “retired” like a matte-black jet still doing laps over Nevada. The F-117A Nighthawk retired from front-line ...

Rumors of the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter abounded, well before its first use in combat. After first seeing action in Operation Just Cause, the strike fighter delivered some of the first attacks ...

One of the U.S. military’s most closely-guarded Cold War secrets now sits in a hangar here in Merced County, and will eventually be on display for the general public. On Friday just after midnight, ...

MYSTERY WIRE — The skies of Nevada have spawned some of the most advanced, and most lethal aircraft ever built, including the F-117 Nighthawk, better known as the Stealth fighter. Officially, the ...

The angular surfaces of the iconic US F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft influenced the design of this novel vacation retreat in the Netherlands. Named Stay Under the Radar, it's located on a ...