Key Points and Summary - Despite being officially retired for nearly two decades, the iconic F-117 Nighthawk is still actively flying for the U.S. Air Force under a new 10-year maintenance contract.

Key Points and Summary - The F-117A Nighthawk was built for one job: slip past dense air defenses and put a smart bomb exactly where it counted. -Born in secrecy in the early 1980s and revealed in ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In order to be classified as a “fighter” aircraft and carry that F prefix, a plane usually needs to be designed specifically to be capable... Here’s What You Need to ...

Venezuela’s S-125 anti-air missile system is positively ancient today—yet the same model was unexpectedly able to shoot down ...

Caption title: The Lockheed F-117 stealth fighter story. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!956649 ...

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 ...

The U.S. maintains Cold War weapons in storage for surge capacity, spare parts, allied transfers, and emergency mobilization. F-117 stealth aircraft remain in flyable storage and are occasionally used ...