by Samuel M.
My first introduction to
Lockheed was as a Navy pilot flying the P-3 Orion, both on active duty and in
the Reserves. I flew the P-3A and P-3C in Jacksonville, Florida, on active duty
and the P-3B in Detroit while in the Reserves.
After active duty, I went to work
at Goodyear Aerospace in Akron, Ohio, as a flight simulator engineer. I spent
10 years with Goodyear, 10 years with Loral and 10 years with Lockheed Martin before
retiring in 2006.
I worked on United States Air
Force F-15 weapon systems trainers, JSASDF F-15 trainers for Japan and JAS-39 trainers
for Sweden. My last assignment was as a systems engineer on the F-16
Distributed Mission Trainer program where I worked with staff from Lockheed
Martin’s Fort Worth and Orlando plants. We were able to integrate products and
expertise from different divisions to produce a system that enabled Air Force
pilots to "train the way we fight."
