The F-117 Nighthawk's development began with the Have Blue project, initiated by DARPA in the late 1970s, to create a stealth aircraft capable of evading advanced Soviet air defenses.

The F-117 Nighthawk, developed by Lockheed in the 1970s and 1980s, was the first production aircraft built around the ...

An unspecified number of U.S. Air Force F-117 Nighthawks have taken part in exercise Northern Edge 23-1 at ... F-117 Stealth Jets (Fitted With Radar Reflectors) In New Photos From Alaska Exercise.

History of the F-117 Nighthawk – The F-117 was designed to be virtually invisible to radar, and even difficult to spot with the naked eye.The fighter was so secret that it was in service for six ...

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, often referred to as the “stealth fighter,” was the world’s first operational stealth aircraft, born out of a program so secretive that the plane itself was ...

The F-117 Nighthawk undeniably had a unique design. When other stealth aircraft appeared on the scene, the Nighthawk only stood out more. The B-2 shared few similarities, save for the paint scheme.

The B-21 is expected to arrive 40 years after the US's first stealth aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk. The F-117 was officially retired in 2008, but the Air Force is still putting the stealth jet to use.

Periodic sightings of the stealth jet have continued in the U.S. In February 2019, an F-117 was observed flying in the vicinity of Edwards Air Force Base, escorted by two F-16 Fighting Falcons.

F-117 Mysterious Flights. Is the Riddle Solved? Maybe or maybe not. Last month we published some photographs, shot around Tonopah Test Range, that proved that one or more F-117 Nighthawk stealth ...

Less than two decades after the world first got a look at the F-117 stealth fighter, the first aircraft built specifically to elude radar is scheduled for retirement by the Air Force, a move that ...

The F-117, America’s first operational “stealth” aircraft, remains one of the most charismatic yet enigmatic jets ever. Even now it looks like something from the distant future, and its ...

The nuclear triad is a key pillar in the U.S.'s defense strategy and for the first time, a stealth fighter has been ...