After years of service, some of it top secret, the United States Air Force is to retire the F-117A Nighthawk, the first so-called Stealth Fighter, in April 2008. Built by the famous Lockheed "Skunk Works" in a classified program, the plane pioneered low observable technologies now applied to the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning JSF or Joint Strike Fighter, and B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. Retirement of the F-117, occasionally called the Wobbly Goblin, is intended to save the Air Force funds for other programs.

In a rare and dramatic night launch, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and her crew lift-off from the Kennedy Space Center on their way to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is STS-123. This is the narrated and edited NASA video that runs from main engine start through Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) separation just over 2 minutes into the flight. There are mentions in the radio calls of issues with the Reaction Control System (RCS).

Airline News - Southwest Airlines finds itself in the cross hairs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over allegations the carrier has flown numerous flights while failing to comply with mandatory inspections as called for by an Airworthiness Directive (AD).

Air Force KC-45A Tanker contract embroiled in controversy as Europe's EADS (Airbus) takes lucrative Department of Defense order away from Boeing. Planes are needed to replace aging KC-135 aerial re-fueling aircraft. Pentagon acquisition staff called to Capitol Hill to answer questions from US Congress.

Avalanche on Mars captured by MRO. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released images taken by their Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft showing Martian avalanches.