The US Air Force unveiled its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, in December. The B-21 is expected to arrive 40 years after the US's first stealth aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk. The F-117 was ...

Key Points and Summary - Although officially retired in 2008, the iconic F-117 Nighthawk, America's first operational stealth aircraft, is still flying in the skies over Nevada. -Operating from ...

The United States Air Force's F-117 Nighthawk crawled so the F-22 Raptor could run. The Nighthawk was America's first invisible stealth jet, taking its first flight in 1981 and being fully operational ...

How the world’s first stealth combat aircraft went on to change forever the way the U.S. fought wars. As night fell over Baghdad on January 16, 1991, a small army of maintainers and pilots gathered ...

Although the F-117 Nighthawk first saw action during operations over Panama, the aircraft impressively demonstrated its capabilities during the initial air campaign over Baghdad, Iraq. Making ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In order to be classified as a “fighter” aircraft and carry that F prefix, a plane usually needs to be designed specifically to be capable of engaging other aircraft ...

Lockheed's Skunk Works started its development of the F-117 Nighthawk in 1977 after the U.S. Air Force requested an undetectable fighter jet capable of wiping out high-value targets. The Air Force ...

An F-117 Nighthawk flies over the Nevada desert. A restored F-117A that flew 78 combat sorties, more than any other Nighthawk, will go on permanent public display at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In addition to its reflective surfaces, the Nighthawk sported other design features now standard in stealth aircraft, including the use of radar-absorbent iron-ball ...

The Air Force brought back one of its most distinct aircraft in a very public fashion on Tuesday when it released a video of an F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack plane coming in for a landing at Fresno ...