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 ...

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

The B-2 was a generational leap in strategic stealth bombing capabilities and is not be superseded until 2027 when the B-21 ...

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter isn't just one of the most iconic warplanes America has ever flown; it, along with the larger B-2 Stealth Bomber, would go on to become American cultural ...

The U.S. maintains Cold War weapons in storage for surge capacity, spare parts, allied transfers, and emergency mobilization. F-117 stealth aircraft remain in flyable storage and are occasionally used ...

Caption title: The Lockheed F-117 stealth fighter story. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!956650 ...

From innovative airframe designs, such as the stealth flying wing used in stealth bombers, to the latest advancements in stealth coating technologies, these aircraft represent the pinnacle in stealth ...

After 25 years of operation, the US Air Force officially retired this pioneering fighter jet, but plans to keep using it until at least 2034.