Talk to any F-117 pilot and they'll express nothing short of awe and respect for the black jet's design. Jet’s Shape Helps Defense. The other technology that gives the F-117 an almost invisible ...

But if the death of the F-117 had led to the death of the stealth concept, it would have fundamentally transformed the nature of the U.S. military aerospace industry over the past forty years.

Photos show the USAF is still flying the original F-117 stealth fighter 12 years after it was officially retired - as experts say the Nighthawks are being used as mock enemy jets to help train US ...

The B-21 is expected to arrive 40 years after the US's first stealth aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk. The F-117 was officially retired in 2008, but the Air Force is still putting the stealth jet to use.