Twenty years since their formal retirement, two US Air Force F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighters were sighted soaring along the Mexican border on September 30, 2025, accompanied by an air refueling tanker. Images indicated the extended refueling boom reaching out to one of the aircraft, and the question on experts' minds is: Is the US military putting its legendary "invisible" aircraft back into service?
Mysterious Sighting Near Mexico
The sighting was made of two Nighthawk jets flying formation with a U.S. tanker plane. The incident sparked major surprise, as the fleet of F-117A aircraft had been retired by official decree in 2008. Although the planes have been seen making test and training flights over the past decade, this recent flight is significant.
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