Today marks the 30th anniversary of the first public viewing of the world’s first stealth aircraft — the F-117 Nighthawk. Developed in partnership with the innovators at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA and the United States Air Force, and recently restored by the Skunk Works®, aircraft #803 is now on permanent display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Learn more about this symbol of American innovation: lmt.co/6535 | Lockheed Martin

We have delivered more than 1,000 very low-observable (VLO) aircraft and counting. Thanks to the Skunk Works® team that pioneered the stealth technology incorporated into the F-35 Lightning II, F-22 Raptor and the world’s first stealth aircraft, the F-117 Nighthawk. | Lockheed Martin

Stealth technology does not make aircraft invisible to the naked eye, but it’s supposed to make them undetectable by 🕵️ radar. The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is rarely flown anymore, but it once represented the latest in cutting-edge innovation. And it was also the only stealth fighter ever shot down by enemy forces… who used obsolete 1950s weapons to accomplish it. This is what 🤔 happened. | Sunday Roast