-The U.S. Air Force is keeping the iconic jet airworthy for several key missions. Primarily, it serves as a unique "aggressor" aircraft, providing realistic combat training for American pilots against ...

A modified exhaust system reduces the tell-tale heat trails that missiles home in on. Although technically classed as a fighter, its deployment to date has utilised its strength in bombing targets in ...

This image of an F-117 is found on page 37 of the issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, dated Dec. 30, 1991 - our annual photography issue. Stealth technology, as embedded in the Lockheed Martin ...

The Chinese military claims it has developed a new radar-defeating coating that can hide targets from anti-stealth radar. The coating can absorb low-frequency electromagnetic waves (EM) and is only ...

An F-22, F-117, F-4 and an F-15 fly over Holloman Air Force Base while performing a Holloman Legacy Flight in 2007. U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt Jason Colbert Mission The F-117A Nighthawk is the ...

The United States Air Force officially “retired” the F-117A Nighthawk from active service in 2007—yet, the single-seat, subsonic twin-engine stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed’s secretive ...

There’s no more iconic image that defines America’s love of stealth planes than the F-117A Nighthawk. A unique delta design, all-black aircraft, its surface and shape making it look more like an alien ...

The KC-46 has already been certified to refuel almost all receivers, with a few still to spare, including the new B-21 Raider stealth bomber and the F-117A. The news is especially interesting as the F ...

Two Air Force veterans are suing the federal government after allegedly developing health issues as a result of working on the government's Area 51 base in the 1980s. Dave Crete and Pomp Braswell were ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force houses a unique collection that chronicles the invention and evolution of stealth technology. The pursuit of stealth was accelerated after the 1960 U-2 ...