Sunday, October 2, 2011

LC-130 Hercules

Operation Deep Freeze LC-130 arrives at Hickam - A New York Air National Guard LC-130 Hercules sits while crews unload fuel and cargo here during a mission to Antartica in 2005. A LC-130 arrived Oct. 17 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, en route to its first Operation Deep Freeze mission for the year. The LC-130 is equipped with ski-landing gear that allows the aircraft to land on ice or snow while airlifting supplies to remote locations throughout the Antarctic continent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

C-130J Super Hercules

The seventh of 28 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft takes off for Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, on Sept 22, 2011. By 2013, Dyess will have the distinction of being home to the largest C-130J fleet in the Air Force. (Photo: Lockheed Martin/Thinh Nguyen)

C-130J Super Hercules

The eighth of 28 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft takes off for Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, on Sept 28, 2011. Dyess is set to become the largest operator of C-130J aircraft in the world in 2013. (Photo: Lockheed Martin/David Key)

Mirage 2000

A French Mirage 2000, based at Djibouti Ambouli Airfield, conducts manoeuvres during Exercise SCIMITAR EXOCET with the Turkish warship TCG Barbaros (FFH) and HMAS Toowoomba (FFH) as part of Combined Maritime Force maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden. (Photo: Australia DoD)

Mirage 2000

A French Mirage 2000, based at Djibouti Ambouli Airfield, conducts manoeuvres during Exercise SCIMITAR EXOCET with the Turkish warship TCG Barbaros (FFH) and HMAS Toowoomba (FFH) as part of Combined Maritime Force maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden. (Photo: Australia DoD)

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

F-22 Raptor

Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] F-22 Raptor returned to the skies today here in a series of test and production flights, the first since a four-month fleet stand down was lifted on Sept. 19, 2011 by the U.S. Air Force. Aircraft flown are preparing for delivery to the U.S. Air Force. Specific delivery schedules and flight activities are being aligned in conjunction with customer specifications and testing parameters. F-22 final assembly line schedule was not impacted by the stand down and the team continues to roll out Raptors on time, with final aircraft completing in December 2011. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)