The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, known to the world as the “Stealth Fighter,” entered operational service in 1989 with a limited role in the invasion of Panama, but the public became more aware of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The F-117 Nighthawk did something no American combat jet had done before: it turned near-invisibility into an operational ...

The groundbreaking “Have Blue” design, which ultimately became the F-117 Nighthawk, relied heavily on research conducted by ...

The F-117 Nighthawk pioneered stealth technology, developed by Lockheed's Skunk Works based on a Soviet mathematician's theory, utilizing angled surfaces, shielded engines, and internal weapon bays to ...

One of the U.S. military’s most closely-guarded Cold War secrets now sits in a hangar here in Merced County, and will eventually be on display for the general public. On Friday just after midnight, ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - If you’ve been to the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, you know the work that goes into preserving pieces of the country’s history that flew amongst the stars. This ...

Rumors of the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter abounded, well before its first use in combat. After first seeing action in Operation Just Cause, the strike fighter delivered some of the first attacks ...