Stealth aircraft to land at Nebraska museum this spring

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An F-117 Nighthawk flies over the Nevada desert. The unique design of the single-seat F-117 provides exceptional combat capabilities. The fighter can employ a variety of weapons and is equipped with sophisticated navigation and attack systems integrated into a digital avionics suite that increases mission effectiveness and reduces pilot workload. Retired Lt. Col. Robert ‘Bob’ Riedenauer, 70, a pioneer test pilot for the F-117 passed away April 23 at his home in California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Aaron D. Allmon II)

ASHLAND, Neb. — A stealth fighter jet is set to arrive at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum near Ashland this spring.

The radar-resistant F-117 Nighthawk plane is one of 64 built for the Air Force, and one of only four of the planes donated to private museums.

“This really is, for us, a major part of telling the stealth story that started in the Cold War,” John Lefler Jr., the museum’s marketing manager, told the Lincoln Journal Star Monday.

The museum already has a U-2 spy plane and a supersonic SR-71 in its collection.

The Air Force retired the F-117 Nighthawks in 2008.

The plane headed for the Nebraska museum will be brought in from Nevada on the back of a semi truck in early March. It will initially spend time in the museum’s restoration bay before being put on display likely sometime in 2022, Lefler said.

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