Key Points and Summary - The F-117A Nighthawk was the Air Force’s answer to maturing Soviet air defenses: a low-observable, night precision-strike jet that could penetrate the hardest airspace and hit ...
The F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, the world’s first purpose-designed stealth aircraft, was recently sighted high in the skies over Death Valley, California. The fighter, part of a fleet of jets ...
Officially retired in 2008, the F-117A Nighthawk never truly left service. A small cadre continues flying from the Tonopah/Nellis complex to act as stealth “red air,” stress U.S. air defenses, and ...
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 ...
The F-117A Nighthawk, the world's first operational stealth combat jet, was officially retired in 2008. Although the plane is occasionally sighted in the skies over Nevada and elsewhere, the F-117A is ...
Two of the most elusive planes in the world just flew over Los Angeles, but no one knows why. A photographer captured the F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighters in the L.A. skies trailing a midair ...
The Nighthawk 85-0833 is the second highest combat mission plane in the F-117A fleet. On Oct. 3, 2020, the Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM), in Palm Springs, California, welcomed the F-117A #833 with a ...
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is considering a legislative provision that would allow the US Air Force to finally junk the famed Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk. The aircraft was ...
The Lockheed F-117 was developed in response to a U.S. Air Force (USAF) request for an aircraft capable of attacking high value targets without being detected by enemy radar. By the 1970s, new ...
Not everyone missed out on Tuesday’s top-secret passing of one of the world’s most mysterious aircraft. Gareth Goetz, an Anaheim mortgage broker, was one of 100 cheering aviation buffs who gathered in ...
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 ...
The F-117 Nighthawk is the world’s first radar-evading aircraft designed with cutting-edge stealth technology, allowing planes to fly at low altitudes without being detected. It can penetrate ...