Lockheed Martin will begin manufacturing F-35 center wing sections Friday at its plant in Marietta, Ga., the company has announced. Marietta is the current site of F-22 production. This work will occupy more than 320,000 square feet of production space at the site and is expected to employ more than 600 workers by 2016 as the F-35 program ramps up to full-rate-production rates of one aircraft per workday. “Marietta’s available facilities, tooling, and worker experience with the F-22 are key enablers for F-35 program production,” said Larry Lawson, Lockheed’s F-35 general manager. The move will alleviate capacity constraints at Lockheed’s facility in Fort Worth, Tex., where final assembly of the F-35 takes place, said company officials.
Planning an Air Show Is Hard. At Andrews, It’s Even Harder
Sept. 17, 2025
Joint Base Andrews opened its flightline this month to thousands of civilians, exposing a normally restricted airbase that regularly hosts the president and foreign dignitaries to a curious public eager to see current and historic military aircraft up close and in action.
