An F-117A is shown on display at an air show in Point Mugu. The Air Force’s fleet of Night Hawk stealth fighters were built in secret in the 1980s by Lockheeds famed Skunk Works division when the facility was located in Burbank. With the introduction of the stealthier F-22 in 2006, the Pentagon decided to retire its fleet of F-117s. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)
Maintenance personnel inspect an F-117 shortly after it landed at an Air Force base. The aircraft is still so cloaked in mystery that only employees and retirees who worked on the program were invited to its retirement ceremony. (Al Berman / Associated Press)
