Media Galleries : Aviation History

Collection of company posters.

Collection of footage from first flights of aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin and its legacy companies.

Images of the Lockheed P2V Neptune

Collection of B-58 Hustler photos.

Collection of photos of B-36 Peacemaker.

Through the years, the scope of Code One magazine expanded beyond tactical aircraft to include air mobility, maritime patrol and reconnaissance, and cutting-edge air vehicles.

Images of all models of the Lockheed Constellation transport.

Collection of photos of A-12, M21, and D-21 aircraft.

Photo collection of the F-16 prototype, YF-16.

Origins of the SR 71 date back to the late 1950s when legendary Lockheed designer and Skunk Works founder Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson proposed a high speed, high altitude alternative to supplement the Lockheed-built U-2 subsonic reconnaissance plane that would soon become vulnerable to Soviet missiles. As a result, the Blackbird family was initiated with the A 12, which first flew in April 1962. The single-seat A-12s were the smallest of the Blackbird series. Designed for reconnaissance missions, the A-12 spawned a two-place, armed version designated YF-12A, which was proposed as an interceptor. Although never adopted for this role, the YF-12s made important contributions as research aircraft, serving for more than a decade with NASA. It was the first aircraft capable of sustaining speeds above Mach 3.