F-16 Production To Move To Greenville, SC | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.05.25

Airborne-NextGen-05.06.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.07.25

Airborne-Unlimited-05.01.25

AirborneUnlimited-05.02.25

Fri, Mar 24, 2017

F-16 Production To Move To Greenville, SC

Lockheed Martin Will Concentrate On F-35s In Texas

The production line for Lockheed Martin's F-16 fighter jets will be moved from Ft. Worth, TX to Greenville, SC, according to company officials.

Television station WHNS reports that the company says it will roll the last Texas-built F-16 off the line in September, at which time all of the equipment and tools for manufacturing the aircraft will be transferred to Greenville. The Ft. Worth plant will be expanded to produce F-35 Lighting II airplanes, according to the report.

Lockheed Martin has had a presence in Greenville for more than 30 years, according to company spokesperson Leslie Farmer. Farmer said the Greenville plant has the necessary facilities and infrastructure to support F-16 production with only a few updates. The state's experienced work force and "right to work" laws also played a part in the decision, Farmer said.

Adding the F-16 to the Greenville campus will bring an additional 200 jobs to the state, according to Lockheed. There are currently some 500 people working for the company in Greenville.

(Image from file)

FMI: www.lockheedmartin.com

Advertisement

More News

NTSB Final Report: Cessna 177B

Outboard Section Of The Right Wing And The Right Flap Separated In Flight And The Airplane Impacted A Farm Field Analysis: The pilot was approaching his destination airport under i>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.08.25): Final Approach Fix

Final Approach Fix The fix from which the final approach (IFR) to an airport is executed and which identifies the beginning of the final approach segment. It is designated on Gover>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.08.25)

"Our choice of when to respond, how to respond and on which targets to respond is a consideration that we make every time... Netanyahu also noted that anyone attacking Israel &ldqu>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.09.25): Estimated (EST)

Estimated (EST) When used in NOTAMs “EST” is a contraction that is used by the issuing authority only when the condition is expected to return to service prior to the e>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.09.25)

Aero Linx: Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA) The Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA) is the world’s largest pilot trade association representing ove>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC