F-22 Milestones - Part 1
24 February 2012
This first half of a two-part F-22 chronology covers the major program events from those first studies to that first flight in 1997.
149th FW Trains F-16 Pilots
23 February 2012
The 149th Fighter Wing, the Texas Air National Guard unit located at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, trains both active duty and Air National Guard F-16 pilots in a variety of courses, from a basic course for new F-16 pilots recently graduated from undergraduate pilot training to a requalification course for experienced pilots.
Poland F-16 Operations
7 February 2012
The Block 52+ F-16 was chosen by Poland in 2002 after an exhaustive competition that involved several other fourth-generation fighters. The contract, signed in April 2003, included forty-eight F-16s, spare engines, missiles, precision-guided munitions, pilot and maintenance technician training, and a multibillion-dollar offset program.
T-50 Photos
6 January 2012
Ten years after the first T-50 rolled out of the Korean Aerospace Industries factory in Sacheon, South Korea, the program has radically improved the way fighter pilots are trained in Korea. Two training squadrons at Gwangju AB operate fifty aircraft and graduate about 140 students per year. The aircraft is also flown by the Black Eagles, the official aerobatic team of the ROKAF.
C-130 Photos
1 January 2012
Collection of C-130 Hercules and C-130J Super Hercules photos.
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.
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.