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Among Kelly’s early successes was the P-80/F-80 Shooting Star, which, during the Korean War, became the first U.S. jet fighter to be used in combat.
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, chief designer of the famous Lockheed Skunk Works, stands next to one of his most successful and well-known aircraft designs, the U-2 spy plane.
On this day in aviation history, January 9, 1943, a large four engine transport aircraft with three tail fins rose from the runway at Burbank Airport, California. This was the Lockheed ...
President Trump said Boeing had been selected to build the sixth-generation F-47 jet, which could be the most expensive fighter in history. Photo: Yuri Gripas/Bloomberg News The Pentagon wants the ...
Here’s a laundry list of the historically significant Lockheed aircraft that had Kelly Johnson’s imprint of genius stamped upon them: The P-38 Lightning, the World War II fighter plane flown ...
The Pentagon awarded Lockheed archrival Boeing a surprise win in March: a $20 billion F-47 fighter jet contract. Now, President Trump is suggesting Lockheed Martin could get two contracts of its ...
Boeing's win means it will make the jet fighter and receive orders worth hundreds of billions of dollars over the contract's multi-decade lifetime. Reuters was first to report Boeing's victory.
First of 16 Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 jets on order has been delivered to the Bulgarian Air Force.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin had been competing to score the Pentagon contract for a next-generation fighter jet, with the deal valued at $20 billion or more.
Exploring the Checkered History of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter The Cold War-era fighter jet demonstrated that speed isn’t everything.
Lockheed Martin Corporation ’s LMT Aeronautics business segment recently clinched a modification contract to support the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program.
Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, chief designer of the famous Lockheed Skunk Works, stands next to one of his most successful and well-known aircraft designs, the U-2 spy plane.