Why the F-117 Nighthawk was retired (but is still flying)

After years in use, the F-117 was retired to make way for a new generation of stealth aircraft. So why is the legendary ...
The National Interest

The F-117 Nighthawk May Have Left the Battlefield, But it Isn't Gone Interest

Here’s What You Need To Remember: While the aircraft has been officially retired, a portion of the fleet has been kept airworthy and, as noted, few museums have even been provided with the airframe.
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15 years after 'officially' retiring its first stealth jet, the US Air Force is looking for help to keep the F-117 flying for another decade

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Air Force unveiled its new stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, in December. The B-21 is expected to arrive 40 years after the ...
The National Interest

The F-117 Nighthawk is Unlike Any Stealth Fighter

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Despite the platform’s success, the United States Air Force opted to retire the F-117 in April 2008. The Air Force ultimately retired the Nighthawk as a cost-saving ...
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Air Force Rolls Out an F-117 Nighthawk Attack Plane For Training Mission

On Tuesday, September 21, the Air Force brought a distinctive aircraft back to the skies over California. It released a video of an F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack plane landing at Fresno Yosemite ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter has made the ultimate comeback

The U.S. Air Force revived approximately 45 F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft after their 2008 retirement. The U.S. Air Force ...
The Aviationist

Enjoy This Epic Footage Of The F-117 Nighthawk Taking Part In An Exercise in Georgia

Last week an F-117 has taken part in Sentry Savannah exercise. Here’s an awesome 9-min video showing the stealth jet at work some 14 years after it was officially retired… Although several interesting ...
KRQE Blogs

F-117 Nighthawk very active for ‘retired’ fighter, observers say

MYSTERY WIRE — The skies of Nevada have spawned some of the most advanced, and most lethal aircraft ever built, including the F-117 Nighthawk, better known as the Stealth fighter. Officially, the ...
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Mysterious Flights of the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter

Although the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter jet has officially been replaced by the F-22 Raptor jet, it appears to still be in service, disguised as cruise missiles. In fact, the history of the ...
Merced Sun-Star

Once top secret U.S. stealth plane arrives at Castle Air Museum. ‘It’s really an honor’

One of the U.S. military’s most closely-guarded Cold War secrets now sits in a hangar here in Merced County, and will eventually be on display for the general public. On Friday just after midnight, ...
Air Force Times

Restored F-117 Nighthawk coming to Reagan Library

An F-117 Nighthawk flies over the Nevada desert. A restored F-117A that flew 78 combat sorties, more than any other Nighthawk, will go on permanent public display at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, ...