The F-117 Nighthawk was a groundbreaking stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed's Skunk Works, utilizing Pyotr Ufimtsev's theory that an object's shape, not size, primarily affects its radar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few military planes have achieved the mystique of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk. Developed in extraordinary secrecy during the late ...

Lockheed's Skunk Works started its development of the F-117 Nighthawk in 1977 after the U.S. Air Force requested an undetectable fighter jet capable of wiping out high-value targets. The Air Force ...

The F-117, nicknamed The Overachiever, will be the only one of the stealth aircraft on display on the East Coast.

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 United States Air Force's F-117 Nighthawk crawled so the F-22 Raptor could run. The Nighthawk was America's first invisible stealth jet, taking its first flight in 1981 and being fully operational ...

Seeking Panama’s dictator Manuel Noriega on multiple drug trafficking charges, the U.S. deployed one of their most secretive and effective weapons for the first time in the darkness of Dec. 20, 1989.

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is welcoming a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, the world’s first true operational stealth combat aircraft, into the national collection. This ...