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Celebrating 50 Years of Blackbirds

This week, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the first of the Blackbird family of aircraft, Lockheed A-12 serial 60-6924. Because it was designed as a spy plane for the CIA, the A-12 stayed secret - as did its first flight - for many ...

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Posted: 4 weeks ago

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Lockheed Martin Touts Lower-cost, Convertible C-130Js

Lockheed Martin has provided more details on the lower-cost C-130XJ that it revealed earlier this year , along with the proposed SC-130J Sea Herc for maritime missions. The company has delivered 252 of the 320 C-130Js on order by 15 countries, and is reduc ...

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Posted: 1 month ago

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Flying the U-2

Subject Flying the U-2 U-2 Dragon Lady This is quite interesting for pilot types. Unfortunately this is long, but it is remarkable what the U-2 can do. High Flight, by Barry Schiff Maj. Dean Neeley is in the forward, lower cockpit of the Lockheed U-2ST, a ...

Popularity: 39%
Posted: 2 months ago

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US Air Force Buys Reapers To Help Cover Global Hawk Cuts

The Air Force is attempting to buy and build its way out of the hole it created by canceling the latest variant of the Global Hawk program, service officials said today. MQ-9 Reaper Service officials want to pour billions into new unmanned aircraft and rev ...

Popularity: 28%
Posted: 3 months ago

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The U-2: America's Eyes in the Sky

I wrote the following for a class of mine when assigned a short paper "on anything". Being enamored by the history behind the U-2 and naturally the aircraft itself, I chose to write about the importance of the U-2s role in shaping the United States' histor ...

Popularity: 77%
Posted: 4 months ago

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Higher, Faster, Farther

By Stewart Bailey, Curator As one stands before the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and looks at its sleek lines and dark continence, its hard to believe that the aircraft is both the worlds fastest, highest-flying production aircraft, and forty seven years old. ...

Popularity: 24%
Posted: 5 months ago

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USAF to Award U-2 Pilot with a Silver Star

The Lockheed built U-2 reconnaissance aircraft is one that is dear to my heart. If you've been reading this website long enough you'd be able to find plenty of examples of where I talk about my fascination with both the machine and the pilots who fly them. ...

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Posted: 5 months ago

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U-2 "dragon lady"

Development of the U-2 began in the spring of 1954 to meet a joint CIA USAF requirement for a high-altitude strategic reconnaissance and special-purpose research aircraft. It took place in the Lockheed 'Skunk Works' at Burbank, California, where - after ac ...

Popularity: 31%
Posted: 6 months ago