Lockheed Corporation

A corporate ancestor of Lockheed Martin, the Lockheed Corporation aerospace company was formed in 1932 by the brothers Allan[?] and Malcom Loughhead[?], who had built their first plane in 1913.

The company has built both commercial and military aircraft.

In 1996, the company merged with the Martin Marietta Corporation[?] to form Lockheed Martin.

Planes

Some famous Lockheed planes:

• U-2 reconnaissance
• SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance
• F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter
• F-104 Starfighter multi-mission fighter
• P-38 Lightning two-engine fighter
• P-80 Shooting Star jet fighter
• F-94 Starfire[?] all-weather fighter
• S-3 Viking patrol/attack
• P2V Neptune[?] maritime patrol
• P-3 Orion ASW patrol
• Lockheed Hudson[?] maritime patrol/bomber
• C-130 Hercules (AC-130 gunship variant) medium combat transport
• C-141 Starlifter[?] long-range jet transport
• C-5 Galaxy heavy transport
• Lockheed Vega civil transport
• L-1011 TriStar airliner
• Lockheed Constellation[?] civil transport