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US FIghter Splashes Down off Japanese Coast
What: US F-16 Fighter Falcon en route from Misawa Air Base in Aomori Where: 200 miles northeast of Hokkaido in the Pacific Ocean off Japanese Coast When: July 22, 2012 Who: pilot Why: After a U.S. fighter jet splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 200 miles northeast of Hokkaido Japan, the pilot was retrieved... »
On taxi, wings of Nigerian Airforce C-130 and Arik Airlines Collide, No injury
What: Nigerian Airforce C-130 Where: Jos, Nigeria When: July 14, 2012 Who: no injuries Why: The jet was about to take off when “An Arik Airline Boeing 737-700 with registration No 5NMJI on a routine flight to Lagos brushed the wing of a parked Nigerian Air Force C-130 (NAF 917) at the Yakubu Gowon... »
SD: More Firefighting Tragedy Strikes
What: USAF Lockheed C-130H Hercules Where: Edgemont SD When: 1 July 2012 Who: 6 aboard, 4 fatalities Why: A C-130 transport aircraft en route to support firefighting missions crashed in South Dakota. The crew was part of the fight against the White Draw Fire. The USAF Release said: PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS)... »
Firefighters Tanker Goes Down Fighting Wildfire
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Mike Freer What: Neptune Aviation Services Inc.Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune Where: Iron County, Utah When: June 3, 2012, 1 pm Who: 2 fatalities Why: While fighting a fire east of the Utah/Nevada border, two fire fighting pilots working with the Ely division of the Bureau... »
Fire Fighting Tanker Belly Landing at Minden-Tahoe Airport
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Ashley Wallace – Touchdown-Aviation What: Minden Air Corp Lockheed SP-2H Neptune Where: Minden-Tahoe Airport in Carson Valley When: June 3, 2012 3:30 pm. Who: 2 aboard Why: The inbound tanker was unable to lower all of it’s landing gear, and burned off (about 7000... »
Moroccan AF Plane Down, 80 fatalities
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Bnaf What: Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130H Hercules CNA-OQ en route from Dakhla Western Sahara to Goulimime Airport, Morocco (Flight global released the route as Agadir-Eyes-Dakhla) Where: 6.3 miles East of Goulimime (Guelmim)Airport,Morocco When: 26 JUL 2011 at 9 a.m. Who: 80 aboard,... »
Lockheed Martin Delivers 300th Common Cockpit to the U.S. Navy
OWEGO, N.Y., Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has successfully delivered the 300th Common Cockpit, the nerve center for every multi-mission helicopter in the U.S. Navy fleet, aboard an MH-60S. “The Common Cockpit underwent one of the most demanding certification processes at NAVAIR, and is now the standard by which all... »
U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin Highlight M-TADS/PNVS Performance as Production Reaches 1,000 Systems
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 16, 2011 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) marked the delivery of the 1,000th Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system to the U.S. Army at ceremonies held today at Lockheed Martin facilities in Ocala and Orlando, FL. M-TADS/PNVS, also known as Arrowhead®, is the advanced targeting and pilotage... »
Lockheed Martin Receives $360 Million in Contracts to Support U.S. Navy MH-60R Helicopter Fleet
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Navy demonstrated its continued commitment to keeping its MH-60R Seahawk helicopter fleet at the forefront of anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, awarding Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a variety of production and development contracts totaling $360 million. The end-of-year awards cover a spectrum of systems aboard the MH-60R,... »
Lockheed Martin Awarded $15 Million Production Contract to Upgrade Military Helicopter Sensor System
ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 6, 2011 — The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $15 million contract for production of a low-light-level TV capability, called VNsight, for the Apache’s combat-proven Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS), also known as Arrowhead®. The new VNsight visible/near infrared sensor is integrated into the... »
