P-3 Orion Videos
3 January 2012
Collection of P-3 Orion videos.
C-130 Photos
1 January 2012
Collection of C-130 Hercules and C-130J Super Hercules photos.
U-2 Dragon Lady Videos
1 January 2012
Videos featuring the U-2 Dragon Lady
Disappearing Act
8 December 2011
World War II-era images of the Lockheed Aircraft plant in Burbank, California, that was camouflaged to look like a town from the air.
On Golden Wings: 100 Years Of Naval Aviation
8 November 2011
The many companies that have come to be Lockheed Martin today have been a major part of the 100-year history of the US Navy.
C-5 Galaxy Photos
6 November 2011
Collection of photos of C-5 Galaxy and C-5M Super Galaxy.
Orions On Station
5 November 2011
Rather than replace its aircraft, US Customs and Border Protection decided to keep its P-3 fleet flying through the P-3 Mid-Life Upgrade, or MLU, program. CBP is currently on contract to have twelve of its P-3s go through the MLU program. MLU provides replacement structural parts that will keep the aircraft flying for up to another twenty-five years of service.
Night Classes
4 November 2011
After two years of intense preparations, the 415th Special Operations Squadron at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, received its first aircraft, an HC-130J Combat King II, in ceremonies on 29 September 2011. The US Air Force’s newest training squadron, known as the Nightstalkers, took delivery of its first MC-130J Combat Shadow II on 9 October. The lights are on at this graduate school for personnel recovery and special operations aircraft crews.
F-35 Flight Test Update 6
2 November 2011
BF-2’s flight to the ship brought the 2011 flight total to more than 700, flight hours to more than 1,100, and the vertical landing count beyond 180. By the end of September, F-35B pilots had flown more than 300 short takeoffs in 2011 alone.
