New Mexico lawmakers in the past have fought to delay retirement of the 20-year-old F-117 stealth fighters and vowed earlier this month to press the Air Force for answers as to why it must move up the F-117 retirement date. Now, they seem willing to let the earlier demise of the F-117s slide. Why? They are pressing for a new fighter—the F-22A—or “something else,” Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) told the political newspaper The Hill. However, Domenici said, the Air Force owes the New Mexico delegation “some assurance of where we are going.” Without that, he said, “We are going to slow down” the F-117 retirement.
Dick Cheney’s Legacy with the Air Force
Nov. 6, 2025
Dick Cheney, who died Nov. 3 at 84, is best remembered by most Americans as among the most powerful Vice Presidents in history, a consummate Washington insider who had previously served in the Nixon administration, was Chief of Staff for President Gerald Ford, a Congressman for a decade, and Secretary…
