What It Took to Deliver a Legendary F-117A Stealth Aircraft to the Smithsonian
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Ca.—The flat-black fuselage rolled forward on its landing gear, pulled from its hanger at Lockheed Martin’s secretive Skunk Works compound by an aircraft tug.
More than a mile away, a giant C-5M Super Galaxy waited, its nose cone open and waiting for its unique cargo. Against a desert backdrop, the dramatic angles of the wingless airframe cut an unmistakable silhouette, a shining example of America’s first stealth aircraft, this one dubbed “the Overachiever” beca
More than a mile away, a giant C-5M Super Galaxy waited, its nose cone open and waiting for its unique cargo. Against a desert backdrop, the dramatic angles of the wingless airframe cut an unmistakable silhouette, a shining example of America’s first stealth aircraft, this one dubbed “the Overachiever” beca
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