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The F-117’s second life: How America’s first stealth jet still shapes modern war

The F-117 Nighthawk isn’t “coming back” in the Hollywood sense—no squadrons are redeploying to kick down modern air defe ...
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F-117A Nighthawk Flight Sparks Debate After Mysterious Sighting Near Mexico; Is the Stealth Jet Really Retired?

Twenty years since their formal retirement, two US Air Force F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighters were sighted soaring along the Mexican border on September 30, 2025, accompanied by an air refueling ...
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Have Blue and the F-117A : evolution of the "Stealth Fighter" / David C. Aronstein, Albert C. Piccirillo

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Lockheed F-117A : Operation and development of the Stealth fighter / Bill Sweetman & James Goodall

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