Legendary Fighter Takes Final Flight: Dover Air Force Base C-5M Delivers F-117A to Smithsonian

By Mari Lou | October 13, 2026

A C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base recently carried a retired F-117A Nighthawk from Palmdale, California to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia where it will join the institution’s permanent collection. The F-117A was retired by the US Air Force from combat nearly 20…

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