by James B.
My most memorable moment relating to Lockheed Martin’s Centennial
was when the Air Force selected the F-16 as its aircraft of choice for the
aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds. I was working in Department 0340
Tube Bending at the time, and the engineering team asked if we could build
tubes for the system that creates the smoke trail that is displayed when the aircraft
goes through its aerial maneuvers. This
part was known as T-Smoke. It was
very rewarding to know that every time the Thunderbirds fly and use the T-Smoke system, I had something to do
with the tubes that were manufactured, making it possible for the white smoke
trail to be visible.
