Studying the Nighthawk might help developers incorporate stealth features into upcoming aircraft, perhaps including the Next Generation Air Dominance sixth-generation fighter. The F-117 won’t ...

After years in use, the F-117 was retired to make way for a new generation of stealth aircraft. So why is the legendary stealth jet still in flight?

for the purpose of developing a stealth fighter. Senior Trend was developed secretly throughout the 1980s. The program was so secretive that when an F-117 prototype crashed in the Sequoia National ...

the F-117 Nighthawk is one of the most prolific fighter jets ever to hit the skies. Known in its heyday as a nearly invisible jet, the stealth bomber is recognizable by its distinct angular frame ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The world's first stealth combat jet, the F-117A Nighthawk was officially retired in 2008, but remained in "flyable storage" condition. The 2017 defense budget will ...

I’ve come here to the remote Nevada desert to fly one of the most iconic top secret aircraft of all time: the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter. The story of the F-117 begins in 1964, when Soviet ...

This eventually became the F-117 and then led to a series of aircraft including the modern Joint Strike Fighter, which is a stealth aircraft. Now stealth technology has gone off in different ...

Driven by the Soviet Union's advancements in radar and missile systems, the US military moved beyond just reducing radar visibility to designing fully radar-evading aircraft like Lockheed Martin's ...