L ockheed'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 ...

Aircraft 82-0799 also flew out of Holloman Air Force base in New Mexico as part of the 49th Fighter Wing when that unit handled F-117 operations. Illustration by Steve Karp ...

A pair of F-117 fighter jets, AKA the Nighthawks, are in Fresno, California for air combat training with F-15 planes that are based at the 144th Fighter Wing.

While the F-117 Nighthawk predated it, it was never envisioned as a fighter in the same sense as the F-22, as it was designed for dogfighting. As a result, the F-22 is the first true stealth ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The F-117 Stealth Fighter aircraft is familiar to many in Southern Nevada. It is also known as one of the worst-kept secrets of the Air Force.

The F-117 Nighthawk was powered by two General Electric F404-F1D2 engines that could only get it up to high subsonic speeds, unlike many fighter jets of its time – 684 mph, to be exact.

Aircraft 82-0799 also flew out of Holloman Air Force base in New Mexico as part of the 49th Fighter Wing when that unit handled F-117 operations. Illustration by Steve Karp ...

Hill Aerospace Museum near Ogden, Utah, received its F-117 in August 2020, and the aircraft is nearing completion of an extensive restoration.

Aircraft 82-0799 also flew out of Holloman Air Force base in New Mexico as part of the 49th Fighter Wing when that unit handled F-117 operations. Illustration by Steve Karp ...

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 ...