the F-117 Nighthawk was built as a bomber, not a fighter -- were the only stealth planes for decades. Then the F-22 Raptor debuted in 1997, becoming the first real stealth fighter. Creating a low ...

Stealth aircraft like the F-35 are built to go slower than older aircraft, so it doesn't emit as much of a heat signature.

An curved arrow pointing right. The world's first stealth combat jet, the F-117A Nighthawk was officially retired in 2008, but remained in "flyable storage" condition. The 2017 defense budget will ...

Northrop Grumman posted a drop in profits in Q1 2025. It said higher manufacturing costs for its B-21 Raider stealth bomber ...

Before it gets retired and replaced by the upcoming B-21 Raider, Naveed Jamali, a former spy, Navy veteran, author and host of Newsweek's web series "Unconventional" took his crew to Ellsworth Air ...

Original plans in the 1980s called for 132, but the end of the Cold War spelled the end for the stealth bomber. They get an overhaul every nine years. The Drive also speculates that this may be pa ...

It said higher manufacturing costs for the B-21 Raider stealth bomber were to blame. The plane is the first new stealth bomber designed for the US military in 30 years. Northrop Grumman posted a ...