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.

The company's headquarters are in Bethesda, Maryland.

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
L-188 Electra civil transport