The F-117, nicknamed The Overachiever, will be the only one of the stealth aircraft on display on the East Coast.
The F-117 Nighthawk, the world's first stealth combat jet, will keep flying for test and training missions through at least 2034 — nearly two decades after retirement.
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 ...
From the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum: "The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is welcoming a ...
Picture an aircraft so radical in its design that the U.S. Air Force kept it classified for seven years after it entered ...
The groundbreaking “Have Blue” design, which ultimately became the F-117 Nighthawk, relied heavily on research conducted by Soviet physicist Pyotr Ufimtsev. The F-117 Nighthawk was the world’s first ...