#Lockheed Martin F-16

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A Fighter Weapons School F-16C near Nellis AFB (brett k. snow)

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F-16 fighter jets which the Netherlands is giving to Ukraine will arrive in neighboring Romania by mid November.

Lockheed Martin is opening a training center in Romania just in time for this.

Lockheed’s new F-16 training center in Romania could train Ukrainians

The F-16s from the Netherlands are just a few of the total NATO countries are giving to Ukraine. 👍🏼

The sooner the occupied territories are liberated, the sooner the war will end.

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Woe Lockheed Martin upon yee

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LOCKHEED EVOLUTION.

1. Lockheed Vega (1927)

2. Lockheed Model 10 Electra (1934)

3. Lockheed Lightning (1939)

4. Lockheed Hudson (1938)

5. Lockheed Constellation (1943)

6. Lockheed Shooting Star (1944)

7. Lockheed T-33 (1948)

8. Lockheed Starfire (1948)

9. Lockheed U-2 (1955)

10. Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (1964)

11. Lockheed S-3 Viking (1972)

12. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (1981)

13. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (1968)

14. Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1954)

15. Lockheed P-2 Neptune (1945)

16. Lockheed L-188 Electra (1957)

17. Lockheed P-3 Orion (1959)

18. Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (1970)

19. Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (1963)

20. Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (2005)

21. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (2006)

22. Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon (1974)

23. Lockheed Martin A/F-117X Nighthawk (1981)

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Lockheed Vega (1927)

Lockheed Model 10 Electra (1934)

Lockheed Lightning (1939)

Lockheed Hudson (1938)

Lockheed Constellation (1943)

Lockheed Shooting Star (1944)

Lockheed T-33 (1948)

Lockheed Starfire (1948)

Lockheed U-2 (1955)

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (1964)

Lockheed S-3 Viking (1972)

Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (1981)

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (1968)

Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1954)

Lockheed P-2 Neptune (1945)

Lockheed L-188 Electra (1957)

Lockheed P-3 Orion (1959)

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (1970)

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (1963)

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (2005)

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (2006)

Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon (1974)

Lockheed Martin A/F-117X Nighthawk (1981)

LOCKHEED EVOLUTION

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The F-16 Fighting Falcon

Full power, liftoff and climb to desired altitude. A phenomenal, maneuverable flying machine, still the most favored aircraft to fly by many military pilots. Introduced in the '70s, the F-16 Fighting Falcon continues to be a cornerstone of many air forces around the world due to its exceptional performance, versatility, and relatively low operating costs.

It travels up to Mach 2, maintains a 350 mile (550 Km) battle radius, service ceiling of approximately 50,000 ft (15,300 m), and it climbs with the General Electric F110-GE-129 turbofan fully opened at a rate of 50,000 ft/min (15,300 m/min), so this "elevator" can take its passenger to 50,000 ft altitude in about a minute.

Many pilots prefer the F-16 Fighting Falcon for its design, performance, versatility, and technology. Its exceptional agility, thanks to aerodynamic design and fly-by-wire control, allows for precise handling. The powerful engine enables high speeds and impressive climb rates, making it effective in both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat. The bubble canopy offers 360-degree visibility, and the ergonomic cockpit, with a side-stick controller, enhances comfort during high-G maneuvers.

As a multirole fighter, the F-16 can perform various missions and carry diverse weapons. Advanced avionics and a fly-by-wire system improve stability and maneuverability. Cost-effective and reliable, with over 4,600 units built, the F-16 is widely used and trusted. Extensive pilot training and positive experiences further solidify its preference among military pilots.

Although it is officially known as the Fighting Falcon, the General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) F-16 is commonly referred to by the nickname 'Viper' - a name that was applied due to the popularity of the 1970s Battlestar Galactica TV series and its 'Colonial Viper' fighters.

An interesting and lesser-known fact about the F-16 Fighting Falcon is that it was the first production aircraft intentionally designed to be aerodynamically unstable. This design choice, known as "relaxed static stability," enhances the aircraft's maneuverability. By being inherently unstable, the F-16 can achieve quicker and more agile movements, which are essential in dogfighting scenarios.

The advanced fly-by-wire control system continuously adjusts control surfaces to maintain stability, allowing the pilot to focus on the mission rather than constant manual adjustments. This innovative approach marked a significant advancement in fighter aircraft design and has influenced many subsequent aircraft developments.

Due to its nimble design and capability, the Falcon can sneak in, low, over the terrain to key targets and objectives by evading discovery, thus maintaining a near-zero visibility by enemy radar equipment.

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Stop Arming Israel

Yesterday (December 16) UK MPs debated petitions signed by over 100,000 people, calling for the immediate revocation of all arms export licences to Israel and 283,000 calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state, which were delivered before the general election

Since last October, at least 45,000 in Gaza have been murdered by Israel, in which Britain has been complicit through supplying arms.

In September, the Labour government eventually banned 30 out of 361 licences in a move labelled “tokenistic” by campaigners.

During the debate, Labour MP John McDonnell said: “I think history will judge us all for not doing enough to stop this.”

The former shadow chancellor said that while he was pleased that the petition is taking place “there’s a level of frustration now I don’t think we can contain any more.”

He asked: “Why isn’t democracy being exercised here to stop this?”

Mr McDonnell concluded: “I've had enough of coming back here every week, as you can tell chair, we need action now from this government.”

Among the exports excluded from Labour’s ban are components for F-35 war planes, which have been used to drop 2,000lb bombs on civilians in Gaza and are linked to a global supply programme.

Business and trade select committee chair Liam Byrne said: “Last week in front of my committee, the Defence Minister said it was technically possible to track these parts, but it was contractually impossible.

“Indeed, Lockheed Martin supplied me with a letter to say that if I want to know anything about the parts, I need to address our queries to the Department of Defence in the United States.“

He noted that the government admitted in the High Court in November that it continued to export the parts despite knowing there was a “clear risk” that they could be used by Israel to violate international humanitarian law.

“We now have the ICJ advisory, we have the ICC arrest warrants. We have the government’s own assessment,�� Mr Byrne said.

“I cannot now see how this government can legally defend a position to keep these arms export licences open.”

Ahead of the debate, a cross-party of MPs including Independent Jeremy Corbyn, the Green Party’s Carla Denya, and Labour’s Diane Abbott held a banner reading “Stop Arming Israel” outside Parliament to show their support for a full arms embargo.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Ben Jamal said: “Opinion polls have shown that a majority of the public support the suspension of UK arms sales to Israel, because it is using them in a barbaric, unending assault on Palestinians in Gaza.

“We call on all MPs to speak up and ensure the government fulfils its obligations under international law, starting with a full arms embargo on Israel.”

Campaign Against Arms Trade media co-ordinator Emily Apple said: “Labour’s tokenistic suspension of some arms exports doesn’t go nearly far enough — but in particular its refusal to suspend the open licence for F-35 combat jet components makes this government just as complicit in Israel’s horrific war crimes as the previous Conservative government.

“Successive governments have prioritised arms dealers’ profits over Palestinian lives.

“This has to stop. This petition is an attempt to ensure the government does what it should have done in the first place — suspend all arms exports to Israel and uphold international humanitarian law.”

A spokesperson for Stop the War said: “It’s welcome that this petition is finally being debated, having been conveniently buried by the parliamentary system earlier this year, but given that just a fortnight after Labour won the election senior ministers warned that a total ban on arms sales to Israel would undermine US ‘confidence’ in the UK, the outcome is fairly predictable.

“While public opinion is loud and clear, this immoral government remains seemingly determined to ignore it.” Elizabeth Short Adapted from: https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/time-to-listen-labour-stop-arming-israel

Arms for Israel secretly shipped through UK airspace Exclusive: Over 50 tonnes of munitions have been flown to Israel over Britain since Gaza bombing began:

https://www.declassifieduk.org/arms-for-israel-secretly-shipped-through-uk-airspace/

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Wallpaper #174 by Laurent Quérité Via Flickr: FA-101 / 6H-101 - General Dynamics (Lockheed-Martin) F-16 Fighting Falcon Meeting Aérien Airshow Belgian Air Force 2 wing F16 Solo Display Pilote : Vador BA 115 Orange Caritat LFMO France IMG_9520

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Viper Demo in Peru. (meghan hutton)

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Stockholm is donating its remaining pair of long-serving ASC 890 airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, a platform based on the Saab 340 regional airliner and equipped with an Erieye active, electronically scanned array radar. The move aims to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses and complement a soon-to-be-delivered Lockheed Martin F-16 combat aircraft fleet. The ASC 890s will give Ukraine’s air defenses an all-seeing eye across the theater, provide timely information about incoming air attacks and transmit situational data to the F-16s via Link 16.

This is a puzzle piece that will make F-16s very, very effective.

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Strange Answers to Sensible Questions

And Other Conversations with an Alien Lifeform

On July 16, 2007, the alien being inhabiting the form of an F-22 Raptor sent out the first message since its arrival to the Groom Lake United States Air Force testing facility. The message was an encrypted radio signal that consisted of the following words:

“YOU MAY NOW ASK”

After a moment of deliberation, the first question asked to the being was: “What is your name?” The following is a transcript of the resulting conversation.

[Begin Transcript]

6:15[Alien Lifeform]: YOU MAY NOW ASK

6:17[NASA SETI]: What is your name?

6:17[Alien Lifeform]: ULCHTAR IT MEANS TO THROW ONES OWN HEAD BACK TO THE NIGHT SKY AND YELL

6:17[Alien Lifeform]: LOUDLY

6:18[Alien Lifeform]: YOU MAY CALL ME STARSCREAM

(Note: from henceforth the ‘Alien Lifeform’ will be referred to with the name it requested to be used for it, Starscream.)

6:20[NASA SETI]: Thank you for answering our question Starscream. We believe we have already received this information, but can you tell us where you came from?

6:20[Starscream]: YES I CAN

6:21[Starscream]: I AM FROM THE PLANET CYBERTRON

6:20[NASA SETI]: Can you tell us, in astronomical units, how far Cybertron is from Earth?

(Note: attached to this message was an image file visually showing the scale of a variety of human measurements in comparison to the size of an F-22 Raptor)

6:20[Starscream]: CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

6:21[NASA SETI]: Classified by whom?

6:21[Starscream]: CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

6:25[Starscream]:NEVERMIND NOT AS CLASSIFIED AS I THOUGHT HEAD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER DETERMINES CLASSIFIED STATUS OF OUTGOING INFORMATION

6:26[NASA SETI]: Can you get us in contact with your communications officer?

6:27[Starscream]: HES NOT MY COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER HES THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER HE DOES NOT HOLD COMMAND OVER ME

6:27[Starscream]: ALSO YEAH ONE MOMENT

6:32[Starscream]: SORRY NO DICE DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS

6:34[NASA SETI]: How long have you been able to speak and understand the English language, and how many earth languages can you speak?

6:35[Starscream]: LONG ENOUGH AND NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS I AM NO LONGER TAKING QUESTIONS GOODBYE

[End Transcript]

This conversation was considered revolutionary by NASA but it was chastised by the CIA for not probing for more information of the alien’s homeworld or the identity of the communications officer. On August 2, 2007, Starscream covertly contacted a member of the United States Armed Forces on staff at the Groom Lake facility by interfering with their mobile phone. It sent the man, Agent Stanley Burns, the following message:

“HI HELLO IT IS I STARSCREAM CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR I NEED YOU TO BRING ME 50 POUNDS OF PURE ALUMINUM AND ALSO A BURGER KING BURGER PLEASE”

Agent Burns then left the compound, and was later found in Las Vegas, in the parking lot of a Burger King restaurant with fifty pounds of aluminum sheet metal slabs in the back of his vehicle, purchased from a nearby Home Depot. When questioned, Agent Burns simply replied: “The man wanted his Burger! Who was I to deny him?” Agent Burns, as well as his vehicle, fifty pounds of aluminum sheet metal and one ‘Whopper’ ordered off of the Burger King menu were escorted back to Groom Lake. The items purchased by Agent Burns were then given to Starscream, and had disappeared by the following morning. When questioned, Starscream had only one response.

“WHAT A GUY ISNT ALLOWED TO GET HUNGRY ONCE IN A WHILE? I CANT HAVE A LIRTLE SNACK?”

On August 15, 2007, at 15:10, Lockheed-Martin engineer Alex Witwicky contacted Starscream using a personal ham radio, asking it quote: “Hey uh- A friend of mine over here wanted to know, uh, are you a dude alien or a lady alien?”

Starscream’s response, given on the same radio frequency, was as follows: “Your people’s preconceptions of sex and gender are alien to my own, for I, Starscream am a genderless being with no one clear sex, but if it makes you feel better I can be a ‘dude alien’. If you want me to be.” This radio transmission was the first recorded instance of Starscream’s voice, and was described by Mr. Witwicky and his coworkers as “screechy”, “effeminate”, and “kinda really loud actually”.

On December 12, 2007, Starscream was contacted by the Ohio State University Radio Observatory, asking him on the nature of the infamous “wow!” signal, speculating that it may have been Cybertronian in origin. This was Starscream’s response:

“I DONT KNOW. THATS SCARY. IVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT”

On February 17, 2008, Starscream contacted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with a request for data. The following transmissions are documented below.

[Begin Transcript]

7:24[Starscream]: HI HELLO IT IS STARSCREAM I HAVE A QUESTION IS THIS THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THEM.

7:25[NOAA]: Yes, we’re receiving you Starscream, what is it?

7:25[Starscream]: DO YOU HAVE SATELLITE AND GEOGRAPHIC MAP DATA FOR THIS PLANET’S NORTH POLE AND ARCTIC CIRCLE AND CAN YOU SEND I AM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING

(Note: after receiving the request, NOAA contacted the CIA, the USGS, and the recently formed Department of Extraterrestrial Communications in order to assess possible security risks in sending the necessary information to Starscream. This lasted until 02/20/08 at 13:04, whereupon then president George W. Bush ordered NOAA to send the files to Starscream, noting, “We want a good relationship with these ETs, we want them to be our allies.”)

13:05[Starscream]: THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[End transcript]

This then ushered in an elongated radio silence from Starscream, who only ever replied once to a radio message from a United States Air Force officer with a simple: “I’m busy. Leave me alone.”

On May 27, 2008, Starscream finally broke his radio silence and sent a single message to NOAA. “Thank you. I didn’t find what I was looking for. You did everything you could.”

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Full communique with informational slides below: NEW YORK. NAKBA DAY, MAY 15 LOCKHEED MARTIN KILLS! FUCK THE CEO JAMES TAICLET! Early in the morning of May 15, in commemoration of Nakba Day and in honor of all the martyrs murdered by Lockheed Martin weapons, an autonomous group targeted the NYC residence of the CEO James Taiclet, located at 139 Wooster Street in Soho. The entrance was splattered with red paint as blood and messages of “Lockheed Martin kills” and “fuck the CEO James Taiclet” were written on the exterior. Lockheed Martin is the worlds largest imperialist weapons manufacturer, and it supplies the IOF with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles as well as F-16 and F-35 fighter jets that are being used extensively to bomb Gaza. From Iraq, to Afghanistan, to Yemen, to the US-Mexico Border, Lockheed Martin commits global genocide funded by billions of the US government tax dollars. Lockheed Martin has nothing but a legacy of death and destruction around the world. In an October 17 investor meeting, James Taiclet (the chairman, president, and CEO of Lockheed Martin) bragged that the genocide in Gaza would be a “potential driver for increased revenue in the coming years.” As we witness another Nakba onfolding, this action is a reminder that war criminals live amongst us, and a warning to all genocide profiteers: OUR BRIGADES ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR YOU. FROM THE CAMPUS, TO THE DOORSTEPS: ITS TIME TO ESCALATE! FREE RAFAH! FREE GAZA! FREE PALESTINE!

-- thizzL, 15 May 2024 2:24 PM EDT

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