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 ...

Still, it’s development was important as it served as the connective tissue between the Air Force’s F-117A stealth bomber and the eventual fifth-generation warplane that has been adopted by ...

The B-2 is a stealth bomber and while one did crash, it wasn’t shot down. The F-117A — the stealth fighter — was shot down against all odds, though. While the B-2 appears to be quite a plane ...

Known in its heyday as a nearly invisible jet, the stealth bomber is recognizable ... combat when enemy forces downed Lt Col Dale Zelko's F-117A over Serbia in 1999. Officially retired in 2008 ...