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The F-117 Nighthawk keeps flying because stealth still needs a target

Nothing says “retired” like a matte-black jet still doing laps over Nevada. The F-117A Nighthawk retired from front-line ...
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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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Stealth down : the loss of the first F-117 Stealth fighter in combat and the dramatic rescue of the pilot / by Ross W. Simpson

"Co-published by Narwhal Press Inc. & Coastal Publishing Inc."--Jacket. "The exclusive story of a remarkable rescue that occurred during the Allied air campaign against Yugoslavia. On the fourth night ...
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Stealth fighters return in triumph to home base

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Clear blue skies greeted Lt. Col. David Toomey on Wednesday as he approached Holloman Air Force Base from the south in his sleek F-117A stealth fighter.
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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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