F-117 Nighthawk

The Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is a stealth ground attack aircraft flown solely by the United States Air Force.

As a product of the Lockheed Have Blue stealth prototype program, it became the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology.

F-117A was widely publicized during the Gulf War.

The Air Force has been trying to retire the F-117, due mainly to the deployment of the more effective F-22 Raptor. The Air Force is planning to retire the F-117 from October 2006 to 2008, and no new pilots will be trained to fly the plane.