The U.S. Air Force Retired The F-117 Nighthawk In 2008 — Then I Found Out Why Some Of Them Never Stopped Flying

The U.S. Air Force Retired The F-117 Nighthawk In 2008 — Then I Found Out Why Some Of Them Never Stopped Flying

The F-117 Nighthawk is still flying in 2026 because the U.S. Air Force never actually let it go — it officially retired the world’s first stealth aircraft in 2008 and then quietly kept a portion of the fleet airworthy in the Nevada desert, where the “dead” jets fly classified test and training missions to this day. I learned how complete that gap is between the official story and the reality while standing in front of one of these aircraft at th…