California F-117A Sighting Confirms Expanding Role

Credit: Matt Hartman
While the U.S. Air Force has yet to acknowledge the existence of an operational program for the long-retired Lockheed Martin F-117A, the reappearance of two of the stealthy attack aircraft over Los Angeles in plain sight on Feb. 19 further confirms the type’s expanding role in fifth-generation...
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