F-117 Nighthawk

F-117 Nighthawk: How America’s First Stealth Jet Survived Retirement and Continues Flying

Few military aircraft have generated as much fascination, mythmaking, and debate as the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk. Emerging from one of the United States' most secretive Cold War programs, the angular jet became the world's first operational low-observable combat aircraft and...
F-117s landing at Groom Lake, where the stealth fighters have relocated as Tonopah Test Range Airport undergoes maintenance.

Area 51 Operations: F-117 Nighthawks Touching Down at Area 51 Amid Tonopah Upgrades

In a rare and remarkable sighting, aviation spotter Michał Rokita has captured footage of two F-117 Nighthawks landing at Groom Lake, the highly secretive facility better known as Area 51. This footage not only confirms speculation that the iconic stealth...