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 Denny Lombard is a promotional photographer at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. His thirty years at the Skunk Works produced photos of most of the company’s world-renowned aircraft, such as the F-117, U-2, SR-71, and YF-22 prototypes. At least, those are the projects he can talk about.
Denny was lucky enough to fly F-16 photo chase on the YF-22 flight test program. Those twenty-one Fighting Falcon sorties were the highlight of his career. “Flying in the F-16 was like riding in a very fast sports car. I am a pretty big guy and I fit snugly in the cockpit. By the time
I squeezed into the seat with my camera gear, I barely had enough room for my cookies I kept losing."
Denny’s photos have graced the covers of magazines all over the world. In the 1980s, Lombard and fellow Lockheed photographer Eric Schulzinger provided photographs of the then Top Secret F-117 at Tonopah, Nevada, for the Nighthawk’s world debut.
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