The world's first stealth fighter serves on in 2026.

-Despite Lockheed’s efforts to modify the F-117 for naval use, including enhancing its speed and payload capacity, the Navy rejected the proposal due to cost, performance priorities, and inherent ...

The F-117 Nighthawk pioneered stealth technology, developed by Lockheed's Skunk Works based on a Soviet mathematician's theory, utilizing angular shapes, shielded engines, and radar-absorbing ...

Too many registrations on the flight plan, ten minutes in Austrian airspace, and photos on a security council's table a week ...

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 U.S. Air Force plans to complete the certification of the F-117s with the KC-46 by the end of this month. The KC-46 has already been certified to refuel almost all receivers, with a few still to ...

It was the basis for a groundbreaking story about Russian stealth and counterstealth technology that ran in the October 8, 2001, issue. AW&ST discussed the development of anti-stealth radars: the ...

This image of an F-117 is found on page 37 of the issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, dated Dec. 30, 1991 - our annual photography issue. Stealth technology, as embedded in the Lockheed Martin ...

The angular surfaces of the iconic US F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft influenced the design of this novel vacation retreat in the Netherlands. Named Stay Under the Radar, it's located on a ...

The United States Air Force's Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk was retired in 2008, but it still has to go to work until at least 2034. Though it no longer sees combat, the Air Force has found a way to ...

Nestled below the Santa Rosa Mountains, east of the Palm Springs International Airport, is the Palm Springs Air Museum. From kids to grandparents, this family attraction has something that everyone in ...