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 ...

Key Points and Summary - Officially retired in 2008, the F-117 Nighthawk still flies from Tonopah as a stealth “adversary” and technology testbed—work the Air Force plans to sustain through at least ...

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 ...

The Skunk Works division of Lockheed delivered the world's first stealth warplane in 1981, but its existence wouldn’t be made public knowledge until several years after it began service. The F-117 ...

The two aircraft arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to take part in the Northern Edge 23-1 exercises that ran from May 4 to May 19. The Nighthawks joined the five ships and more than ...

The F-117 Nighthawk pioneered stealth technology, developed by Lockheed's Skunk Works based on a Soviet mathematician's theory, featuring a faceted airframe, internal weapon bays, and heat signature ...