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Military aviation buffs love the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, and for good reason. It was the first aircraft designed to be virtually invisible to radar,...
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Military aviation buffs love the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, and for good reason. It was the first aircraft designed to be virtually invisible to radar,...
Much of the F-117 design was influenced by a scientific discovery as far back as 1964, in which a Russian mathematician discovered that “a...
The F-117 relied heavily upon its radar-absorbent coating and “butter”-like material used to connect and glue panels together.
Photos have circulated this week of a pair of United States Air Force F-117 stealth fighter jets taking part in an exercise in Alaska.
The secretive and mysterious stealthy F-117 Night Hawk exploded onto the scene during the Gulf War in 1991, introducing the world to a previously...
Following the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force desired an aircraft stealthy enough to evade the Soviet Union’s increasingly advanced surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). For...
The Lockheed F-117A Night Hawk was designed specifically not to be easily seen or detected by the enemy, but as of early April, it is now...
When the Pentagon officially acknowledged the existence of the F-117 Nighthawk stealth “fighter” back in November 1988, it finally ended years of speculation on the part of...
In many respects, we take for granted the awesome power and capabilities of the F-22, F-35, B-2, and now retired F-117 stealth platforms developed...
The F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter changed how wars were fought and made history over multiple different conflicts. And the F-117 helped inspire other stealth...