 On 11 September 2017, it was reported that in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, signed into law on 23 December 2016, "the Air Force will remove four F-117s every year to fully divest them—a process known as demilitarizing aircraft".Although officially retired, the F-117 fleet remains intact and photos show the aircraft carefully mothballed.Some of the aircraft are flown periodically, and have been spotted flying as recently as May 2020.