The F-117 Nighthawk was designed to avoid attention, but entering a museum requires the opposite: permanent public access. Before the Smithsonian could display tail number 85-0818, nicknamed “The ...

The F-117 Nighthawk revolutionized aerial warfare by combining innovative design and stealth technology to evade enemy radar.

An F-117 Nighthawk flies over the Nevada desert. The unique design of the single-seat F-117 provides exceptional combat capabilities. The fighter can employ a variety of weapons and is equipped with ...

The U.S. Air Force has donated an F-117A Nighthawk, the world’s first operational stealth aircraft, to the Smithsonian ...

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum announced on September 14 that it would finally receive its first example of ...

Nearly two decades after the U.S. Air Force retired the airframe from combat, one F-117A Nighthawk had the rare opportunity to take to the skies once more: this time, in the cargo hold of a C-5M Super ...

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 ...

A C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base recently carried a retired F-117A Nighthawk from Palmdale, California to the ...