The Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford, Oklahoma, a few days ago added an F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter to its already formidable collection.
The museum, which sits along Route 66, posted several photos and videos of the so-called “Raven Beauty” being hauled down Weatherford streets to its final destination.
The museum stated it required “eight years of preparation” to bring the fighter to Weatherford.
The F-117A Stealth Fighter, developed by Lockheed Martin, was designed to be invisible to radar and was used in the initial bombing of Baghdad during the Iraqi War.
According to an earlier Facebook post by the museum”
The F-117 program was personally initiated by General Tom Stafford during his command of the USAF Flight Test Center, the top-secret “Area-51,” and as head of Air Force Research and Technology at the Pentagon. Following his illustrious astronaut career with NASA, Stafford would go on to further initiate the B-2 stealth bomber program.
It stated the Air Force would “de-mill” the aircraft of top-secret materials before it was delivered to Weatherford. It will undergo a full restoration at the museum.
Thomas P. Stafford, a Weatherford-born astronaut who embarked on several space missions, including the moon, died earlier this year at age 93.
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