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Thirty Years Of Coverage

By Code One Staff Posted 14 January 2015
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With 32,500 pounds of internal fuel, the Australian F-111Cs can carry more than 12,000 pounds of ordnance on a high-low-high mission profile more than 1,100 miles at dash speeds of up to Mach 1.2 at night, in weather, using terrain-following radar down to altitudes of approximately 250 feet.The final Kingfish configuration was a single-seat, full delta wing with slightly curved and highly swept leading edges. Two vertical tails were mounted on top of the wings and flush with the trailing edge.The unassuming fuselage bump at each inlet on the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter performs miracles that only aeronautical engineers can fully appreciate. The official beginning of the ATF program usually traces to 1981 when USAF Aeronautical Systems Division, or ASD, released a request for information for concepts for an advanced tactical fighter. The F-117 Nighthawk, the world’s first combat aircraft to fully exploit radar-evading stealth technology, was developed, tested, and flown operationally in complete secrecy. Even the official program name – Senior Trend – was a secret.Written by the late Joe Bill Dryden, the Semper Viper series of articles explored technical and practical aspects of operating the F-16. The first article appeared in the first issue of Code One. The last article appeared in the Volume 8, Number 1 issue in 1993.A photo of the F-35 Lightning II cockpit on the cover of the second quarter 2006 issue inspired us to compile this collection, which first appeared in 2007. The article accompanying that photo noted how the F-35 cockpit starkly illustrates advances in combat fighter aircraft. The observation holds true for other aircraft types as well. Every cockpit shown here represents the state of the art for its time.The fifth generation of fighters, the Lockheed Martin F-22 and F-35, fundamentally changes the concept of operations for combat. A review of the first four generations of fighter aircraft around the world shows why.For those Code One readers who are relative neophytes in F-16 lore, acquainted with the airplane no longer than it has carried the name Fighting Falcon, this is the story. Nothing more than a high-speed taxi was planned for that day at Edwards AFB.Many years after a chance meeting with Harry Hillaker in Florida, the F-16 has done John Boyd proud.Erickson was the first pilot to fly the B-36 Peacemaker and the B-58 Hustler.Tactical utility of a multi-axis thrust-vectoring system tested on an F-16 in 1994.Vito’s mission took him directly over Moscow and its extensive network of newly built air defenses, which ringed the city in three concentric circles at twenty, forty, and sixty miles from the city center. Read the article.
Vito’s mission took him directly over Moscow and its extensive network of newly built air defenses, which ringed the city in three concentric circles at twenty, forty, and sixty miles from the city center. Read the article.

This volume marks the start of Code One Magazine’s thirtieth year of publication. Code One originated as a product support publication that covered the F-111 and F-16. Through the years, the scope of the magazine expanded beyond tactical aircraft to include air mobility, maritime patrol and reconnaissance, and cutting-edge air vehicles.

Code One has always faithfully focused on the activities of customer communities that operate military aircraft produced and supported by Lockheed Martin. The publication has also brought to public view insider details on significant aircraft programs and projects, both current and past. The magazine debuted its Internet site in 1996 (two years before Google was founded). The website has been revised several times since then and became the focal point in 2013 when the print version was discontinued.

An email version of the magazine was instituted in 2014. This latest format is distributed ten to twelve times a year for free to subscribers. Code One is also active on Facebook and Twitter. To mark thirty years, Code One has planned a series of “Code One At Thirty” articles to be posted throughout 2015. Most of these will be timeless pieces from our archives that preceded the last website update five years ago. As always, we welcome your comments and appreciate your continued support.

Keep ’em flying.

Eric Hehs, Editor

Jeff Rhodes, Associate Editor

Erica Turner, Social Media Coordinator

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