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 ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Despite the platform’s success, the United States Air Force opted to retire the F-117 in April 2008. The Air Force ultimately retired the Nighthawk as a cost-saving ...

-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 ...

The F-117’s elaborate stealth-enabling innovations gave it one significant drawback: it had the aerodynamics of a brick. Known internally as “Project Have Blue,” and later “Senior Trend,” the ...

On Tuesday, September 21, the Air Force brought a distinctive aircraft back to the skies over California. It released a video of an F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack plane landing at Fresno Yosemite ...

Although the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter jet has officially been replaced by the F-22 Raptor jet, it appears to still be in service, disguised as cruise missiles. In fact, the history of the ...

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 ...

These photographs show some pretty interesting details of the iconic Stealth Jet. As often reported here at The Aviationist, some F-117 Nighthawk stealth jets out of Tonopah Test Range continue to zip ...

Mover, Gonky, and Wombat discuss an article that quotes an EA-18G Growler Pilot on Quora hypothesizing about a dogfighting ...

The Palm Springs Air Museum has another plane to add to its impressive collection: an F-117 Nighthawk. On Saturday evening, a socially-distanced group of plane enthusiasts wearing face coverings ...

The F-117 saga continues. Two Nighthawks have landed at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar outside San Diego. On Oct. 20, 2020, two F-117s have made a surprise visit to MCAS Miramar. Using their ...