Star Dusters Newsletter

Star Dusters Newsletter

Retirees and Former Employees of Lockheed Martin Corporation
Affiliated With Lockheed Martin Leadership Association
P. O. Box 10310, Burbank, CA 91510-0310
(818) 565-2011 or (888) 718-5328, Ext. 2011
e-mail: lmstardusters @att.net
December 2014

This Issue:

Announcements – President’s Corner –– Sixty Years Ago: Skunk Works Secretly
Selected to Develop U-2 Recce Aircraft –– Travel Opportunities –– Antelope
Valley Star Dusters Luncheon Report –– Star Dusters South Coast Satellite
Luncheon –– Hughes Plane Is Real’s Deal –– Lockheed Martin Financial Notes ––
Star Dusters Write: Bill Coleman –– In The News –– New Members –– In
Memoriam –– Logix

Merry Christmas

2015 Membership Renewal – If you have not already done so, please send in your
annual dues before December 31, 2014, in order to continue your membership.

All donations will be appreciated and will help maintain the financial stability of our
organization.

Star Dusters South Coast Luncheon, February 16, 2015 – According to host and
new President Julius Olzer, this event will be at a new venue and includes a tour of the
Lyon Air Museum after the luncheon. The new restaurant, the Acapulco Restaurant
Cantina, is located at 1262 S.E. Bristol St in Santa Ana, CA. The Lyon Air Museum is
at 19300 Ike Jones Road in Santa Ana and is approximately a mile from the restaurant.
Deadline for reservations is February 2, 2015. (See Page 8, and Inserts 1A, 1B, and
1C for complete details and driving instructions.)

Social Security Benefits – Social Security benefits will increase by 1.7% effective
January 1, 2015. This represents about $20 per month for most recipients.

VIEW THE NEWSLETTER AND ROSTER ON OUR WEBSITE:

http://www.lmstardusters.org

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PRESIDENT’S CORNER

By Vic Saucedo

I am honored to let you know I have been elected by the Board of Directors to continue
serving as your Star Dusters President for 2015 and am fortunate to work with a very
talented and dedicated group of volunteers. During our November 17, 2014 Board
meeting, the Nominating Committee announced the election results for the 2015-2016
Directors. Congratulations go to Dr. Andy Baker, Don Meena and Tom Oatway for
continuing another term as Director and to Terry Kleintop and Dr. Gary Belie who will
be serving as Directors for the first time. Terry will also be serving in her other position
as Membership Secretary and Gary will continue serving in his other position as Day
Trip Coordinator. The Board also approved the appointment of Barbara Christie, Dennis
Fernandez and Immediate Past President Ed Glasgow to serve another two year term
as Appointed Directors. The other good news is that Dennis Fernandez will continue to
serve as First Vice President and Cheryl O’Leary will continue as Second Vice
President.

I would like to thank our two outgoing Directors, Barbara Hauge and Steve Gaspar, for
their dedicated support to Star Dusters and their willingness to stay close enough to
provide support as needed. Barbara joined the Star Dusters Board in 2008 and served
as Membership Secretary for the entire time as well as Director. Steve joined the Star
Dusters Board in 2007 and served as Membership Recruiting and Enhancement
Coordinator in addition to Director for a number of years.

2014 has been a year of significant events and achievement for our Star Dusters
Organization and I look forward to continued focus on membership satisfaction and
communication. We started the year with the challenge of finding someone qualified
and willing to be our Web Site/Database Webmaster when our then Webmaster, Phil
Hemberg, asked us to find a replacement due to failing health. The challenge was
addressed with a great amount of support from Alex Loewenthal who filled in until we
found Mike McKinney to take the position. We also found a need to remake our
webpage into a more user-friendly system that can be more easily maintained by an
inexperienced person. This resulted in the evaluation of two proposals and subsequent
development of the new Star Dusters Website with all the added features you can now
experience. Proposal leader Don Meena and many of our Star Dusters Board members
deserve credit for this significant achievement.

The Star Dusters Newsletter continues to be our “Shining Star” every year and it is a
great feeling to hear so many favorable comments from you. Editor Betty O’Connor
and Associate Editor John Shelton work very hard to ensure you have a quality
Newsletter every month and we are fortunate to have great authors who contribute
articles helping to make the Newsletter the primary reason for Star Duster membership.
I invite all of you to contribute to the “Members Write” portion of the Newsletter or just
send a note letting us know what you would like to share with other Star Dusters. I was
pleased to receive a note from a Sunnyvale retiree, Donald Reid, asking if there was an
error on some communication frequency numbers used in a September Newsletter
article written by Joe Panicello. Joe sent a correct copy of the article to Don and

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thanked him for his interest. It’s always good to see this kind of interest and feedback
on our Newsletter articles.

We had a very successful year with respect to opportunities for enjoyable events and
reunions. Thanks to Gary Riley for hosting two Antelope Valley Satellite Group
Reunions, Jim and Jan Taylor for hosting two LAS Ontario Group Reunions, Ron
Feezor and Julius Olzer for hosting the South Coast Group Reunion, Al Stacey and
Johnny Mercer for hosting our Spring Reunion in Camarillo, Tom Morgenfeld for
hosting our Annual BBQ & Picnic at the Lion’s Club and Event Center in Carpinteria,
Susan Jones for hosting our Fall Reunion in Burbank and Tom Oatway for hosting two
Golf Tournaments, one at Elkin’s Ranch in Fillmore and one at Santa Anita Golf
Course. Our Day Trip Coordinator, Dr. Gary Belie, hosted five tours including the Joe
Davies Airpark in Palmdale, Lockheed Martin Palmdale Plant, Planes of Fame at the
Chino Airport, JPL in La Canada and Ronald Reagan Foundation Library in Simi Valley.

We met our objective to maintain a close working relationship with Lockheed Martin
Aeronautics Company in Palmdale and Lockheed Martin Leadership Association
(LMLA). Star Dusters were represented at LMLA’s Aerospace and Scholarship Awards
Night and LMLA’s Corporate/Veterans Appreciation Night. Your contributions to Star
Dusters made it possible to again contribute $1500 to the LMLA Scholarship Fund for
deserving children of active Lockheed Martin-Palmdale employees. LM Aero supported
our Palmdale Plant Tour and three reunion events with excellent speakers (Brian
Hershberger, Steve Justice and Michael Cawood) as well as Audio Visual support from
Quita Gonzales.

Serving as Star Dusters President this past year has been a rewarding experience in
working with a very special group where every person is committed to providing the
very best support in meeting your expectations as a member. I thank you for your
membership and invite you to let us know if there is anything you would like to see
added or if there is anything going on in your area that you would like to share with
other Star Dusters.

I wish all of you a very Happy Holiday Season and a healthy New Year.

~end~

SIXTY YEARS AGO: SKUNK WORKS SECRETLY SELECTED TO DEVELOP
U-2 RECCE AIRCRAFT

By Sherm Mullin

On December 9, 1954 Trevor Gardner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, arrived at
Lockheed’s Burbank, California plant to meet with Kelly Johnson and give formal
authorization for the Skunk Works to proceed with the development of the proposed
Lockheed Model CL-282 high altitude intelligence gathering aircraft. The program had
been approved by President Dwight Eisenhower and CIA Director Allen Dulles. The
program objective, classified Top Secret special access: gather critical intelligence by
flying very high altitude photographic missions over the Soviet Union. The Lockheed
Skunk Works had won the highly classified competition.

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Although Gardner and the Air Force originated the program, Eisenhower turned it over
to the CIA to implement. CIA director Allen Dulles selected Richard Bissell as program
manager, an odd choice. He was a PhD economist, had held other government
positions, but never involved with aircraft. It turned out that he and Kelly instantly
developed a very close very productive relationship.

In 1955 the U-2 program permanently transformed the Skunk Works, formally known as
Advanced Development Projects, into a full capability aircraft organization. To meet
rigorous special security requirements, it was physically and organizationally isolated
from the rest of the Lockheed-California Company. It also had its own very simple
operating policies and procedures. Since its founding in June 1943 it had been primarily
a preliminary design and prototyping organization. With the U-2 and many later
programs, it was responsible for design, production, product support, contracts,
finance, and general administration.

The U-2A made its first flight August 4 1955, flown by Tony LeVier. Flight test and
production progressed rapidly, with deployment to Europe in mid-1956. The U-2 made
its first intelligence gathering flight over Russia on July 4, 1956, only eighteen months
after contract award, obviously a major historic accomplishment. The photographs from
the flight were soon in President Eisenhower’s office, unique in U.S intelligence-
gathering history. Such flights continued periodically, each approved by Eisenhower.
This came to an abrupt end on May 1, 1960, when a U-2 flown by Gary Powers was
shot down by a Russian missile.

Although no more flights were flown over Russia, the U-2 continued to be a major
element of U.S. Cold War intelligence gathering capability, used in many areas of the
world. The Cuban missile crisis was triggered on October 14, 1962 when a U-2 flown
by Major Steve Heyser photographed Russian missile sites in Cuba, leading to the
most intense U.S.- Soviet confrontation of the Cold War.

In 1966, based on a Skunk Works proposal, the Air Force and the CIA contracted for
the design and production of a completely new aircraft, the U-2R. It was a much larger,
longer range, bigger payload aircraft, with more comfortable pilot provisions, and many
other improvements. However, it retained all of the unique light weight design concepts
of the original U-2A. Bill Park flew the first flight August 28, 1967 at Edwards North
Base. Only twelve of the large new U-2R models were built, with the last delivery in
1968.

In 1979 the Air Force put the U-2 back in production for the third time, this time with no
CIA involvement. The new aircraft were designated TR-1 models, but they were
actually U-2R aircraft, with some important new mission systems.

Skunk Works test pilot Ken Weir made the TR-1 first flight August 1, 1981 at Palmdale.
37 TR-1A aircraft (U-2Rs) were produced in Palmdale, at four per year, from 1980 to
1989, including two research aircraft for NASA, designated ER-2s. This fleet has been
continuously updated since then with new radars and other sensors, satellite data links,
and many other improvements, accomplished by a never ending series of drive in
retrofit programs at the Skunk Works in Palmdale.

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In the 1980s, in a new U-2 engine competition, General Electric won with a derivative of
the B-2 bomber engine. The entire U-2R fleet was retrofitted sequentially at Palmdale
with new engines from 1994 to 1998. They were designated U-2S aircraft.

The next major improvement program, initiated in 1998, was a new software controlled
“glass” cockpit, including color integrated displays, a digital avionics computer, and
other improvements. As with the new engines, the upgraded cockpit was installed via a
drive-in retrofit program at the Skunk Works in Palmdale.

The U-2S aircraft fleet has continued to be home-based at Beale AFB, CA, with
continuing deployments around the world as the situation demands. The deployments
are usually made by small detachments.

The future of the U-2 program is uncertain. Due to Congressional budget cuts the Air
Force has proposed to terminate the U-2 program, although key Air Force generals
strongly support the program. As of mid-November the program was still in full
operation in the Air Force and at the Skunk Works. The Congress may soon make a
decision as part of finalizing the Fiscal Year 2015 appropriations legislation or the
decision may be deferred until well into 2015.

The best book on the U-2, by far, is by Chris Pocock: Fifty Years of the U-2, The
Complete Illustrated History of the Dragon Lady, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 2005
____________________________________________________________________

Fifty Years Ago: On December 22, 1964 Skunk Works test pilot Robert Gilliland (a long
time Star Duster) made the first flight of the SR-71 Blackbird at Palmdale.

~end~

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAR DUSTERS

By Ann Hyden, Travel Coordinator

While enjoying your hard-won but well-earned and wonderful retirement, consider
breaking the routine we seem to embrace and look into some special trips you’ve been
thinking about to expand your horizons! Some suggestions are listed below from our
counterpart to Star Dusters in the San Francisco Bay area, LMMAR, and from Talbot
Tours, which does the planning, arranging and booking for us. Many more destinations,
international and domestic, are available but too numerous to list here. I invite you to
call me with your ideas, questions, etc., at (818) 367–3217. Do book early to avoid
disappointment from filled-up tours. Air flights and prices can be quoted and arranged
from any locale. Note that prices herein listed include airfare from the Bay Area.

Columbia River Cruise on the American Empress, April 4 – 12, 2015 – Transverse
the states of Oregon and Washington from Astoria to the Idaho border at Clarkson
aboard the elegant paddlewheel American Empress. Experience the northwest through
the Columbia Gorge of the Cascade Range, Walla Walla wine country to the Nez Perce
National Park, named for the tribe that aided the Lewis and Clark expedition. Enjoy the
beauty, history and culture of each port: Astoria and the Lewis and Clark Fort, Portland,
OR; Stevenson, WA; the Dalles, OR; Sacajawea State Park and Clarkson, WA, with
complementary shore exclusions in every port, as well as Premium Choice Tours.
Dress is country club casual, (no formal attire); wine and beer complementary with

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every dinner; espresso, cappuccino, soft drinks and bottled water complementary
throughout the voyage. Included are airfare to/from Portland; luggage handling for one
per person; pre-voyage deluxe hotel with transfer to/from the American Empress.
Prices start at $4355 each, deposit is $500 and insurance is $411 on an escalating
scale with the choice of accommodations. Final payment is due December 15, 2014.

Yellowstone/Wildlife Experience, June 8-14, and August 3-9, 2015 – Tour highlights
include: Antelope Island State Park, West Yellowstone, Grizzly and Wolf Discovery
Crater, Yellowstone Wildlife Safari, Grand Teton National Park, Snake River Float Trip,
cruise on Lake Jenny, visit American Heritage Center and Salt Lake City. Double rooms
are $2425, each person including 12 meals.

Grand Tour of Italy, May 11-23, 2015 – A fabulous trip awaits you covering the
highlights of magnificent Italy during 12 sunny days. Fly via Boston to
Florence/Montecantini and Venice for guided tours of city centers, Academia Museum
(Michelangelo’s David), San Marco, Doge’s Palace and much more. Drive through the
Chianti Hills to medieval Siena and San Gimignana, then depart for Assisi (St. Francis’
Cathedral and Basilica) and on to Rome. Tour monuments and sites of both ancient
and modern Rome with a day dedicated to the Vatican and Sistine Chapel. Next is
Pompeii, Naples and Sorrento with tours of all, including the spectacular Amalfi Drive
with views of the coastal resort Positano and another day to ferry to the enchanted Isle
of Capri. Fly home from Naples. Prices include roundtrip airfare, Tour Manager, ten
nights first class hotels, all breakfasts and dinners (20 meals), taxes and gratuities for
double @ $4475 each, single @ $5230, deposit of $400 each and insurance of
$495/536, resp. Final payment due February 10, 2015.

Great Gatsby Getaway at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, September 12–17,
2015 – On the island no motorized vehicles are allowed. Travel by horse drawn
carriage through the forest to the elegant and historical Grand Hotel and into the ‘20s of
the Great Gatsby Era. Be a part of the fun by dressing as a flapper, a “dandy”, a
gangster or elegant dress of a famous person (Downtown Abby?). Song, dress and
dance competitions with cash prizes are part of the fun, and so much more. During the
day enjoy bocce ball, croquet, tennis, horseshoes, fitness center or hike the trails
through the lush forest. You can take Charleston lessons, shop in the quaint village,
visit the carriage museum or just sit and sip on the 600-foot veranda as did the elite and
wealthy of long ago. You will have three nights in the Grand Hotel with breakfast and
five-course dinners, (all guests dress for dinner!), with very special events, dancing,
entertainment by the hotel’s orchestra and fun competitions to join in or watch. Prices
include airfare to/from Detroit, transportation to the hotel in Dearborn and to
Frankenmuth (largest Christmas store in the world), then on to the ferry to Mackinac.
Prices are $2150 each person, double, or $2395 single with deposit of $200 each and
insurance $174 each. Final payment due July 1, 2015

Briefly, for your consideration, are the following one-week-or-less domestic travel
suggestions, except for a few international: (Call me at 818-367-3217 for
brochure/info.)

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*Custer State Park & Sept 23-28, 2015
Buffalo Roundup October, 2015

Branson “Autumn in the Ozarks” September, 2015
Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Oct. 3-10, 2015
Various dates in 2015
Cape Cod
Albuquerque Balloon Fest
World War II Memorials - Europe

Canyon Country Exp. Oct. 7-13 & 13-17, 2015
Grand, Arches, Bryce, Zion Jan 24-29 and Feb 7-12, 2015 or
June 8, 2015
Yellowstone in Winter (or summer) April 3-11, 2015 & Feb. 18-26, 2015

Costa Rica April 5-13, 2015
National Cherry Blossom Fest. April 7-14 and 14-21, 2015

Wash. DC & Historical Virginia April 25-May 3, 2015
Savannah and Charleston
Calif. Rail Tour – Coast, Wine Co., Various April – October, 2015
Various April – October, 2015
Redwoods, Yosemite May 11-24, 2015
Sorrento; Italian Riviera July 11-18, 2015 and other dates

French Riviera– 9 days each Various dates in 2015
Lake Como & Switzerland – 10 Days Sold out! Call now for 2016.
Kenya Safari – 14 days
Colorado Train Adventure – 8 days
American Queen Paddlewheel along

the Mississippi
Downtown Abbey/English Castles/Bath

/London/Windors/Stonehenge

*See Pages 11 & 12 of October’s Newsletter (Star Dusters Write - Ted Jacox) for more
information on this trip. Other trips in 2015 have been added and include:

Tanzania Safari February TBD, 2015
Daytona 500 February TBD, 2015
Azalea, Plantation & Cajun March 19-TBD, 2015
Wash. DC Embassy Tour MARS May TBD, 2015
Hudson Valley MARS 5 Days in 2015
Kentucky Derby May TBD, 2015
Glacier Nat’l Park June 24-TBD, 2015
San Juan Islands & Leavenworth Sept.15-TBD, 2015
San Antonio New Year’s Dec 29-TBD, 2015

~end~

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ANTELOPE VALLEY STAR DUSTERS LUNCHEON REPORT OCTOBER 7,
2014 REPORT

By Fran Merricone, Secretary, Av Star Dusters Satellite

Our AV Star Dusters’ luncheon on October 7th was held at Gino’s Italian Restaurant in
Palmdale. Our guest speaker was Brian Hershberger of the Skunk Works, who gave
our group of 40 an outstanding briefing on the now unclassified program “Pole Cat”.
This gave us a peek into some of the Unmanned Air Vehicle work being done in the
Skunk Works. Pole Cat was a company-funded proof of concept R&D Program in the
mid-2000s. A number of the attendees were familiar with Pole Cat, as well as other
UAV Programs and this prompted a good deal of participation by our members during
the luncheon. We all had a great time.

The Antelope Valley officers would like to wish each and every one of you “HAPPY
HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY & HEALTHY NEW YEARS”.

See you next year!

~end~

STAR DUSTERS SOUTH COAST SATELLITE LUNCHEON, MONDAY
FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The event features lunch at the Acapulco Restaurant Cantina. Following luncheon, we
will drive to the Lyon Air Museum, located at 19300 Ike Jones Road, Santa Ana, CA
92707 for a tour.

Established by Major General William Lyon,
Lyon Air Museum captures the remarkable
history of World War II aviation. The Museum
features an operational fleet of historically
significant aircraft, serving as the foundation
for its growing show case of exhibits. The
expansive venue, located on the west side of
Orange County’s John Wayne airport, is the
culmination of General Lyon’s vision of a
world-class aviation facility available to the
community. Featuring authentic exhibits hosted by knowledgeable docents, the Lyon
Air Museum experience is designed to educate and inspire young people and to
preserve the stories of the greatest generation in aviation.

One of the exhibits is the B-17 Flying Fortress, “Fuddy
Duddy”, which was used as a VIP transport in the Pacific at
the end of World War II. It once carried General Dwight D.
Eisenhower who later became the 33rd President of the
United States. In civilian life, it worked as a fire bomber and
was occasionally used for motion picture filming, flying on
screen in movies such as the 1962 Steve McQueen movie,
“The War Lover” and the 1970 blockbuster, “Tora Tora Tora.”

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HUGHES PLANE IS REAL’S DEAL

Excerpts from an article from the Michigan Tech Alumnus Magazine, July 1998
By Dean Woodbeck, Alumnus

We walked through the gate in the chain-link fence with these huge plastic-covered
metal frames towering above us. We ducked under a hunk what seemed like the
world’s largest shrink wrap and stared up at hundreds of square feet of wooden aircraft.

We climbed the scaffolding to the plane’s door and proceeded up the spiral staircase to
the flight deck where we encountered a huge cockpit and passenger area with scores
of dials and gauges, levers and instruments.

I sat in the seat Howard Hughes once occupied when he took the largest airplane ever
built on its one and only flight in 1947. That flight lasted only a minute and covered a
mile of open water, and took its place in aviation history.

As we entered the sprawling beast, Gary Thompson pointed back in the cargo bay
more than 100 feet long and mentioned that workers would eventually reunite another
60 feet of the tail section with the rest of the fuselage

It may be the most famous airplane to have flown only once: the HK–1 Hercules, a.k.a.
the Howard Hughes flying boat, a.k.a., the Spruce Goose. But don’t use the “S” word
around Jack Real, “That plane is mostly birch,” he bristles. Real, former aviation
executive and confidant of Howard Hughes, has made it his mission to find a
permanent home for this huge aircraft. For ten years the flying boat served as a
floating tourist attraction in Long Beach, California. In 1992, circumstances combined to
create the need for a new home.

Ironically, Hughes never had a clear title for the plane. The federal government paid 18
million to the Kaiser–Hughes Corporation to build the plane in 1942 and still held the
title.

The idea was for the airplane to fly over enemy submarines in the Atlantic. It would
carry 750 troops or 2 3010 Sherman tanks. The contract specified that the company
would only use materials not essential to the war effort.

“Howard could use the boat until he died”, Real explained. “When he died, we were to
cut it up into nine pieces and distribute it to the National Air and Space Museum in D.C.
and other identifiable museums across the country. There was a caveat, though. If we
could find a nonprofit that would assume responsibility we could have the boat.”

Real was determined to find a nonprofit and a home for the entire boat – not just one-
ninth of it. For 10 years, the Aero Club of Southern California filled the nonprofit role
and the Disney organization provided the space in Long Beach.

“After 10 years, Disney wanted out,” Real said. He came up with an unlikely location in
landlocked McMinnville, Oregon, about 30 miles outside of Portland. Evergreen
International Aviation developed a plan to build a museum for vintage airplanes, with
the Howard Hughes flying boat as a centerpiece.

“We had competition over who would get the boat,” Real said. “A group in San Diego
wanted it. Tampa wanted it. Orlando wanted it.”

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Evergreen’s proposal won out when the Aero Club’s board voted. It would cost
Evergreen $4 million just to get the boat to McMinnville. The Hughes flying boat
required eight of the largest Pratt & Whitney engines ever built. It had a 320 foot
wingspan. Its fuselage is 219 feet long. It weighed 400,000 pounds.

Real helped supervise the boat’s dismantlement in 1992 and its five day trip up the
West Coast from Long Beach to Portland turned out to be the easy part of the trip.

“It took three months to get it up the Willamette River and overland to McMinnville,”
Real said. “The water level had to be high enough to carry the weight, but not so high
that we couldn’t get under the bridges.”

For Real, this represents his third career. During 31 years at Lockheed starting in 1939,
he participated in the design, development, and test phases of almost all of the aircraft
produced by the company.

Career number two started in 1957, when he met Howard Hughes. Lockheed’s
chairman, Robert Gross, assigned Real, then a company vice president, to try to
mediate disagreements between the company and one of its largest customers TWA
and its owner Howard Hughes.

Real had a newfound career with Hughes and would ultimately become one of the
reclusive millionaire’s closest friends. Real met Hughes in 1957, in the Lockheed
parking lot in the middle of the night. They talked till dawn and Real quickly became
Hughes’s technical confidant. For the next 14 years Real held down his day job at
Lockheed and the informal night shift with Hughes. Finally in 1991, he joined the
Hughes Empire as director of the transportation group.

Real retired in 1986 at the age of 70, but remained active in a number of boards of
directors in particular with Evergreen Aviation. Twelve years later, (1998), he became
president of Evergreen Ventures, the company’s non-aviation subsidiary and led the
effort to raise $20 million for the museum.

“The museum would house the flying boat and 42 other vintage aircraft,” he said. “It
will be the biggest aircraft museum in the United States. We hope to have the roof up
and start moving the boat in by October.”

Ed Note: In 1979, after Hughes’ death, Will Lummis, Howard’s cousin and executor of
his estate, asked Real to accept the position of President and CEO of Hughes
Helicopter Company and guide the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter Program. Real
accepted and the Apache is still in use today.

During his tenure as President and CEO of Hughes Helicopter Co., Real sold two
helicopters to Delford Smith, a young entrepreneur, to start a transportation business.
Del built an international business (Evergreen International Aviation, Inc.) from that
small start, won the competition for the Spruce Goose, hired Real to arrange its
transportation from Long Beach, California to McMinnville, OR., reassemble it, and
build a museum for it. Real accomplished all of this before retiring (again) in 1995.

Prior to his death on September 5, 2005, Jack authored a book entitled “The Asylum of
Howard Hughes” which was published by Xlibris. It is available through Amazon,

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LOCKHEED MARTIN FINANCIAL NOTES

By Andy Baker

Third Quarter Sales Down, Earnings Up

Continuing the pattern of recent quarters, sales declined slightly but net earnings had a
slight increase. As CEO Marillyn Hewson put it “Although we continue to face global
economic challenges, our program and operational performance this quarter resulted in
increased earnings per share and strong cash generation”.

Net sales for the third quarter of 2014 were $11,114 million, down from $11,347 million
a year earlier. Net earnings for the quarter were $888 million, up from $873 million a
year earlier. Earnings per share were $2.76 up from $2.66. Cash from operations was
$990 million, up from $900 million a year earlier.

The corporation used its cash in the following ways during the third quarter:
repurchased 2.6 million shares for $446 million compared to 4.9 million shares for $607
million in the third quarter of 2013; paid cash dividends of $421 million during the third
quarter of 2014 compared to $370 million in 2013; made contributions to the pension
trust of $485 million in the third quarter of 2014 compared to $750 million a year earlier;
paid $450 million for acquisitions of businesses and investments in affiliates during the
third quarter of 2014 up from $203 million a year earlier; and made capital expenditures
of $203 million during the third quarter of 2014 compared to $209 million a year earlier.

On Sept. 25, 2014, the Board of Directors approved a $2.0 billion increase to the share
repurchase program. Inclusive of this increase, the total remaining authorization for
future share repurchases was $3.9 billion.

And in immediate good news for shareholders, the Board approved an increase in the
quarterly dividend of $.17 per share to $1.50 per share beginning with the payment to
be made on Dec. 26, 2014 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on
Dec. 1, 2014.

Operations of the corporation are done by five segments. Aeronautics is the largest
segment. Sales for the third quarter were $3,544 million down 2% or $3,632 million
from a year earlier. Operating profit was $362 million, down 12% from $412 million.
The decreases were primarily from lower deliveries of the C-130. Five aircraft were
delivered in the third quarter of 2014 compared to eight aircraft in the third quarter of
2013. Decreases in F-35 development activities were largely offset by increases in F-
35 production programs. There were sales increases of about $115 million for various
other programs and profit increases of about $40 million for various other programs and
equity earnings from a joint venture.

Information Systems & Global Solutions had third quarter sales of $1,949 million, down
5% from $2,059 million a year earlier. Operating profit was $175 million, down 6% from
$187 million in 2013. There was a sales decrease of $150 million from completion of
command and control programs and a decrease of $60 million in programs impacted by
in-theater force reductions. These decreases were partially offset by net sales of $100
million due to new programs and integration of recently acquired companies.

Missiles and Fire Control sales for the third quarter were $1,908 million, down 5% from

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$2,003 million a year earlier. Operating profit was $335 million, down 6% from $356
million a year earlier. Sales were down about $95 million for various technical services
programs due to lower volume reflecting market pressures and about $70 million for
tactical missile programs, particularly the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System.
Sales for the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense program were up while the Patriot
Advanced Capability-3 program were down.

Mission Systems and Training sales were $1,679 million, down only 1% from $1,698
million a year earlier. Operating profit was $193 million, down 11% from $216 million a
year earlier. Lower volume on the Merlin Capability Sustainment Program was a major
reason for the decreases. This was partially offset by higher volume on under sea
systems programs.

Space Systems sales were $2,034 million in the third quarter of 2014, up 4% from
$1,955 million a year earlier. Operating profit was $281 million, down 1% from $284
million a year earlier. There were higher sales of about $145 million for commercial
space transportation programs due to launch-related activities and about $70 million
increase for the Orion program. Sales were down $140 million for government satellite
programs, primarily the Advanced Extremely High Frequency program.

Total equity earnings, primarily ULA, represented about $90 million or 32% of this
segments' operating profit in the third quarter.

Interest expense for the corporation was $82 million for the third quarter of 2014, down
from $84 million a year earlier. Income tax expense was $423 million, up substantially
from $331 million a year earlier. The reason for the increase was the cessation of tax
credits for R&D efforts that took effect in 2014.

Stock-based compensation costs were $31 million in the third quarter of 2014
compared to $38 million a year earlier.

Backlog for the corporation as of Sept. 28, 2014 was $76,500 million, down from
$82,600 million at the end of the year 2013. Mission Systems and Training showed an
increase in backlog while the other four segments had decreases.

Aircraft deliveries in the third quarter of 2014 included three F-16's, eight F-35's, five C-
130 J's, and two C-5's.

The difference between the Financial Accounting Standards (FAS) and Cost Accounting
Standards (CAS) calculations of pension costs has a non-cash impact on our reported
earnings. Both of these calculations have changed recently. Our FAS pension
expense is lower due to higher discount rates used to calculate our obligation. Also in
June of this year, the corporation made changes to the pension plan that reduced our
FAS costs. CAS pension costs are lower due to the effect of using a higher interest
rate required by the HAFTA. The HAFTA was enacted on Aug. 8, 2014 and determines
how we calculate the interest rate assumption. This reduced our CAS pension costs by
about $55 million (including about $35 million in the first six months of 2014) in the third
quarter of 2014.

For the third quarter our FAS pension expense was $258 million, down from $87 million
a year earlier. Our CAS pension cost was $342 million for the third quarter of 2014,

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down from $366 million year earlier. The net FAS/CAS pension adjustment was a
credit of $84 million in the third quarter of 2014 compared to an expense of $121 million
a year earlier. The swings in the pension adjustment should be less in the future.

And on a subject of more immediate interest to many Star Dusters, the market price of
Lockheed Martin stock continues to rise. Three months ago the closing price on Aug.
21 was 175.10. Now, on Nov. 24, 2014 the closing price was 188.82. With a new
annual dividend of $6.00, the current dividend yield is about 3.2%. Recall that the
dividend qualifies for a reduced income tax rate compared to what one would pay on
savings accounts or CDs.

~end~
STAR DUSTERS WRITE – BILL COLEMAN

My name is Bill Coleman and I worked at CALAC from August 1954 until I retired in
1989 when they moved to Georgia.

The November article by Sherm Mullin on Kelly reminded me of an incident where I got
to meet and talk with him which you might consider to put in the Star Dusters News.

I was the Contract Administrator for a program to incorporate a Sparrow Missile onto
the Italian Air Force (IAF) F-104S. We had contracted with the IAF for this program in
1966 and it was successfully accomplished in mid-1969. The IAF representative,
Colonel Mario Borghino, and I had become very good friends and he was getting ready
to return to Italy. I had learned that he had prepared a Master’s Degree paper on the T-
33 and he often spoke about how he wished "he could meet Mr. Johnson."

A couple of weeks before he was to leave, I had the bright idea of contacting Mr.
Johnson to see if he could meet with the Colonel. So I called his office and talked with
his secretary (I believe it was Mary Ellen). I explained the situation to her and asked if it
might be arranged where we could meet with Mr. Johnson for a few minutes. She
explained that he was a very busy man (no kidding) but she would see what she could
do. A week before the Colonel was going to leave, I got a call from Mary Ellen asking if
we could come to Mr Johnson's office the next day at 11:00 AM for the meeting.

I, of course, had not said anything to the Colonel. The next day I said we had to go
meet someone at 11:00 so off we went. We went to the Skunk Works, were escorted to
his office and met with Kelly. I don't know who was more excited, the Colonel or me. To
make a long story short, we talked with Kelly for about 45 minutes at which time, he
invited us to have lunch with him and Ben Rich. The Skunk Works had their own
executive lunch room. After lunch, Kelly escorted us to the mock-up of the fighter they
were proposing for the competition (which we lost) and spent another hour with us.
WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!!!!! At 2:00 PM, he indicated our meeting was over, thanked
us for coming and escorted us out the door.

There were two very happy people. He was so gracious and made us feel so at ease.
And the Colonel was ecstatic. As Sherm noted, Kelly was a premier engineer but also a
great person to spend so much time with us. Lockheed was certainly fortunate that he
worked for us. We would not have been as prominent on the Aerospace map if it hadn't
been for him.

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IN THE NEWS

By Marie Schumacher

NON-PRODUCT RELATED

Lockheed Martin To Acquire Systems Made Simple — Lockheed Martin has entered into a
definitive agreement to acquire Systems Made Simple, a leading provider of health information
technology solutions to the U.S. federal government.

Subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, the acquisition is expected to close
within 30 days. Once the transaction is closed, the company will report through the
Corporation’s Information Systems & Global Solutions business area.

D.C. Public Schools Expands STEM Curriculum — To address the nation’s critical need for
future engineers, computer scientists and math- and science-trained professionals, and to
equip all students with the skills critical for their future success, Lockheed Martin and the
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) announced a new multi-million dollar, multi-year
grant to support the expansion of college and career-focused science, technology, engineering
and mathematics (STEM) programs for all DCPS schools. The STEM curriculum is offered
through Project Lead The Way, the nation’s leading provider of K-12 STEM programs.

Student Teams Awarded Research Funding, Mentoring From Lockheed Martin —
Lockheed Martin announced the inaugural winners of its Republic of Korea Science,
Technology and Research program, an open competition to support development of South
Korea’s creative economy by nurturing students in the area of technological innovation.

Announced by the company in April, the competition was open to South Korean universities
and research institutes developing advanced technology in any of seven different areas of
interest, such as aeronautics, space, renewable energy and nanotechnology.

Lockheed Martin Announces New Leadership Appointments — Lockheed Martin
announced the appointments of Patricia L. Lewis to senior vice president of Human Resources
and Jennifer M. Whitlow to senior vice president of Communications. Lewis and Whitlow were
also elected corporate officers. Both appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2015.

Lockheed Martin CEO Highlights Role Of Diversity And Inclusion In Energy Innovation
— Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Marillyn Hewson
highlighted the role of diversity and inclusion in driving energy innovation during a Department
of Energy event in Arlington, Virginia. The forum marking the first anniversary of the
Department of Energy’s Minorities in Energy Initiative brought together key leaders from
government, academia and industry to address the needs of underrepresented communities in
the energy sector, while encouraging more Americans to pursue careers in science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Lockheed Martin Highlights Training and Simulation Innovation at I/ITSEC 2014 —
Lockheed Martin will demonstrate the latest advancements in simulation and training for the
Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) at the Orange
County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The event, Dec. 1-5, is the world's largest
modeling, simulation and training conference. The Lockheed Martin exhibit features next
generation training capabilities for air, land, and maritime platforms, including low-risk,
affordable solutions

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AERONAUTICS

Principle Agreement on Purchase of F-35 — The U.S. Department of Defense and
Lockheed Martin have reached an agreement in principle for the production of 43 F-35
Lightning II aircraft. Officials anticipate the Low-Rate Initial Production lot 8 contract to be
finalized in the coming weeks. The contract is for fiscal year 2014 with deliveries beginning in
2016.

Cost details will be released once the contract is finalized; however, in general, the average
unit price for all three variants of the airframe in LRIP 8 is approximately 3.6 percent lower than
the previous contract.

C-5M Super Galaxy — A U.S. Air Force crew ferried the 23nd C-5M Super Galaxy from the
Lockheed Martin Marietta, GA facility. The C-5M will be delivered to Travis Air Force Base,
California, after a stop at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York, where it will undergo
internal paint restoration. It will be Travis’ fifth Super Galaxy.

Israel Is Ordering A Second Batch Of F-35s For 2019 Delivery — "Israel is poised to order
an additional 25 F-35 stealth fighter jets for delivery beginning in 2019, U.S. sources say, in a
deal still awaiting final Israeli government approval. Israel already purchased 19 of the planes
from Lockheed Martin for $2.75 billion, with the first jets scheduled for delivery as early as
2016." reports Reuters.

Marine Corps May Not Get IOC For F-35B On Time — "The anticipated July 2015
declaration of initial operational capability for the Marine Corps' F-35B may not come after all,
Pentagon procurement chief Frank Kendall said this week. 'It is going to be hard to hold to the
July date,' Kendall said. 'I am "as we can.'" reports AviationWeek.com/AWIN First.

Navy's F-35Cs Begin Key Round Of Nimitz Tests — "Testing continues this month aboard
the USS Nimitz for the Navy's F-35Cs, with the two fighters flying to the carrier and landing
there to begin the process. The two aircraft have redesigned tail hook assemblies to make the
airframe connection stronger. The next two weeks of testing are considered particularly key for
the aircraft, which drew praise from Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan in a recent briefing." reported
Breaking Defense and Navy Times.

Successful Nimitz Carrier Landings for F-35Cs — "The Navy's test of two Lockheed Martin
F-35Cs was a success Monday, with the fighters landing on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz
after stable approaches. The completely arrested landings proved the abilities of the aircraft's
redesigned tailhook system. 'It's a little bit different of a design, and obviously it works,' says
U.S. Pacific Fleet Naval Air Forces Commander Vice Adm. David Buss." reported
AviationWeek.com and Reuters.

S. Korea Threatens To Turn to Lockheed for KF-16 Upgrades — "South Korea’s contract
with BAE to upgrade its KF-16 fleet remains in danger, with officials in Seoul insisting the
company must lower what defense officials claim are unexpected price hikes beyond the
original agreement.

If those costs do not come down, Seoul would seek a new contract with Lockheed Martin,
which lost to the US unit of BAE Systems in the 2012 competition worth 1.75 trillion won (US
$1.7 billion), a top Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) official said." Reported
Defense News.

Night Flight Complete, Navy's F-35 Is Winding Up Tests At Sea — "The Navy's F-35
successfully completed a first night flight from aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, a
milestone as the two F-35C fighter jets near the end of two weeks of carrier-based testing.

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'We're conducting the Super Bowl of flight test,' said Commander Tony Wilson, one of four test
pilots, noting that the tests so far haven't revealed major issues. 'Everything that we're learning
is extremely minor.'" reported Reuters.

Lockheed Martin, Air Force Scolded Over C-5 Program — "The U.S. Air Force and
Lockheed Martin have been reprimanded over the C-5 upgrade program, which has ties to
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. A report released this week by the Department of Defense
Inspector General says four of six allegations called into a hotline in May 2013 were legitimate.
That includes the Air Force failing to discourage Lockheed Martin from providing problem parts
and that the Air Force spent its own money to fix the problems" reported Dayton Business
Journal.

Lockheed Martin Says Israel Considering Additional C-130Js — IHS Jane's Defence
Weekly reported "The Israeli Air Force (IAF) might expand its fleet of C-130J Hercules fleet to
up to nine aircraft, a senior Lockheed Martin executive said in Israel on 4 November. The IAF
has already taken delivery of two C-130Js, a contract has been signed for another two and
advanced talks are underway to acquire a fifth and sixth aircraft, according to Patrick M Dewar,
executive vice-president of Lockheed Martin International."

MISSILES AND FIRE CONTROL

2014 Secretary of Defense PBL Award Goes to Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod Team —
The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin
Sniper® Advanced Targeting Pod team the 2014 Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Award,
which recognizes outstanding achievements in providing operational support to warfighters.

The team received the subsystem PBL award, which is one of three PBL awards presented
annually to government/industry teams. Team members include individuals from the Precision
Attack System Program Office at Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex
and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, who together provide critical support for more
than 350 Sniper ATPs worldwide.

Lockheed Martin Wins $107M Tax Break To Keep Jobs In South Jersey — "The state
Economic Development Authority, seeking to keep 250 jobs in South Jersey, on Monday
offered $107 million in tax breaks to Lockheed Martin Corp. ...Lockheed Martin said it plans to
open two laboratory facilities next year in leased space in two downtown buildings. The sites
will hold workers currently assigned to the defense contractor's Moorestown facility, where
about 3,500 employees pursue weapons research." reports Cherry Hill Courier Post.

MISSION SYSTEMS AND TRAINING

Aegis Combat System Goes Two for Two in Latest Flight Tests — The Lockheed Martin,
U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency team’s Aegis Combat System successfully completed
two flight tests in three weeks. This is the first time the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)
weapon system employed the Baseline 9 configuration to detect, track and engage targets.
With each flight test, the Aegis BMD system has proven its ability to support the Navy’s efforts
to curb evolving threats by accomplishing increasingly challenging situations.

Perceptor Gimbal Will Provide Enhanced Imaging in Small Unmanned System for
Warfighters — Lockheed Martin’s partner Altavian Inc. has been awarded a $4 million
contract to provide gimbaled sensor payloads for the Army’s RQ-20 Puma small unmanned
aircraft systems (UAS). These payloads will feature the Lockheed Martin Procerus
Technologies Perceptor gimbaled imaging sensor, which provides advanced stabilization and
sharper images, along with dual-band imaging and laser illumination capabilities.

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200th Romeo Helicopter Delivered to the U.S. Navy — The U.S. Navy received its 200th
submarine-hunting MH-60R “Romeo” helicopter from Lockheed Martin following a patch
signing with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven-Two (HSM-72). The cornerstone of
the U.S. Navy’s anti-surface and anti-submarine operations, MH-60R helicopters have flown
more than 250,000 hours in operation with the Fleet, providing increased surveillance and
situational awareness.

Unmanned Team of K-Max® Helicopter and Indago Quadrotor Demonstrate Firefighting
Capability — A team of Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned aircraft successfully
demonstrated its ability to aid in firefighting operations. During the demonstration, the Indago
quad rotor effectively identified hot spots, and provided data to an operator who directed the
unmanned K-MAX helicopter to autonomously extinguish the flames. In one hour, the
unmanned K-MAX helicopter lifted and dropped more than 24,000 pounds of water onto the
fire.

Lockheed Martin Opens Surface Navy Innovation Center — Lockheed Martin has opened
the Surface Navy Innovation Center (SNIC) to support the development of new technologies
for the U.S. Navy. The SNIC is a research, development and demonstration facility that brings
together industry, government and academia to design the next generation of capabilities the
surface fleet needs to combat evolving threats around the world. The center will foster
collaboration among key organizations to rapidly develop emerging technologies and quickly
put them into service.

Lockheed Martin and Concord Blue Plan to Build New Bioenergy Facility in Herten,
Germany — Lockheed Martin and teammate Concord Blue announced a new contract to build
a power generation facility that will provide a new, clean energy source to meet the needs of
5,000 homes and businesses in Herten, Germany. The five-megawatt power generation
facility will transform forestry waste to power using Concord Blue’s Reformer® technology,
which converts waste to energy through advanced gasification. Under this engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC) contract, Lockheed Martin will provide overall project
management, engineering and design, procurement and construction for the new facility.

Lockheed Wins Bulk Of US Laser Guided Bomb Contract — Flightglobal.com reports
"Lockheed Martin on 11 November was awarded a $40.3 million contract to build Paveway II
Plus laser guidance kits for US aerial bombs. The award gives Lockheed the majority share of
the work paid for in fiscal year 2014, leaving the bomb’s original manufacturer Raytheon with
the minority share."

SPACE SYSTEMS

Commercial Space Headquarters Opens and Incentives to Support Growth Announced
— Lockheed Martin and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper celebrated a growing aerospace
presence in Colorado by cutting the ribbon for the company’s Commercial Space headquarters
and announcing an economic incentive program designed to bring jobs to the state. The new
Commercial Space headquarters office – an area of expansion for Lockheed Martin – houses
engineering, program management and operations for the A2100 family of satellites, which
provide broadband and mobile communications to commercial companies around the world.
The Lockheed Martin A2100 fleet, which has accumulated more than 450 years of operation,
consists primarily of exports to international customers.

The economic incentive program – approved through the Colorado Economic Development
Commission – allows for up to $15.5 million in state income tax credits based on new jobs
Lockheed Martin hopes to create in Colorado over the next eight years. The event also

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signifies the official transition of the Lockheed Martin facility in Newtown, Pennsylvania to
Denver, as part of a phased transition announced last year.

Orion Spacecraft Complete — NASA and Lockheed Martin have completed final assembly
and testing of the Orion spacecraft and it has rolled to launch pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station, Florida. The rocket and spacecraft will be integrated, powered up, and
interfaces between the two will be verified in preparation for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1)
on December 4.

During EFT-1, the uncrewed spacecraft will launch on a Delta IV Heavy rocket and will travel
3,600 miles beyond Earth—15 times further than the International Space Station. That same
day, Orion will return to Earth at a speed of approximately 20,000 mph for a splashdown in the
Pacific Ocean. EFT-1 will provide engineers with data about systems critical to crew safety
such as heat shield performance, separation events, avionics and software performance,
attitude control and guidance, parachute deployment, and recovery operations to validate
designs of the spacecraft before it begins carrying humans to new destinations in deep space.

One Of World’s Largest Infrared Telescopes To Help Lockheed Martin Track Orbital
Debris — Lockheed Martin has partnered with the University of Arizona to operate the United
Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) located on Maunakea, Hawaii. The agreement expands
the corporation’s support of scientists pursuing a broad range of research, from the study of
orbital debris to deep space astronomy. The largest IR telescope in the Northern Hemisphere,
UKIRT’s ownership transferred from the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council
(STFC) to the University of Hawaii in October.

Third MUOS Secure Communications Satellite Delivered — The U.S. Navy and Lockheed
Martin have delivered the third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) spacecraft to Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, where it will be prepared for a January 2015 liftoff aboard
a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. MUOS operates like a smart phone cell tower in the
sky, vastly improving current secure mobile satellite communications for warfighters on the
move.

Final Assembly Of NASA’s Next Mars Lander Begins — Lockheed Martin has started the
assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA’s InSight Mars lander
spacecraft. The InSight mission will record the first-ever measurements of the interior of the
red planet, giving scientists unprecedented detail into the evolution of Mars and other
terrestrial planets. InSight is scheduled to launch in March 2016.

Satellite-Carrying Atlas V Set For Wed. Launch — “An Atlas V rocket bearing the eighth of a
dozen Boeing satellites is set to launch Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, a mission of United
Launch Alliance and the Air Force. The launch will follow an earlier Antares-Cygnus East
Coast launch of cargo headed to the International Space Station this week.” reported Florida
Today (Melbourne)(10/26)

Satellite-Carrying Atlas V Launches From Cape Canaveral — "United Launch Alliance's
Atlas V rocket launched successfully from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday. It was the rocket's
eighth launch this year -- and the 50th since it was introduced in 2002. The Atlas V's payload
this week was a GPS IIF-8 satellite launched into orbit for the Air Force." reported
NASASpaceFlight.com.

U.S. Rocket Venture Adds Russian Engines While Rushing New Model — "United Launch
Alliance LLC, the largest U.S. company propelling satellites into space, is stockpiling Russian-
made rocket engines even as it speeds development of a homegrown version. The Boeing
Co.-Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) venture expects to receive eight Russian-built RD-180

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engines in 2015, three more than planned, after getting five motors this year, Chief Executive
Officer Tory Bruno said today." reported Bloomberg.

GLOBAL TRAINING AND LOGISTICS

Partnership Agreement Announced — Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force Sustainment
Center recently signed a partnership agreement that establishes a common framework and
pre-negotiated terms and conditions for long-term partnership work efforts, thereby improving
efficiency and readiness to support operations. With this public-private agreement, Lockheed
Martin is enabled to immediately execute specific implementation agreements with the Air
Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) and their Air Logistics Complexes (ALCs), reducing costs
and allowing for faster implementation of agreements.

~end~

NEW MEMBERS AS OF NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Baker, Martin (Unlisted)

Dudley, Kyle 2100 Colonial Lake Dr #2115 720-878-4524
Barbara (Barb) Madison, AL 35758 770-426-6842
478 Edward Ct 310-720-9425
Farkas, Mary Marietta, GA 30066-5228
John 3504 W 83rd St.
Inglewood, CA 90305-1609
Goudeau, Joseph (Joe) (Unlisted)
Beverly (Bev)

Grabhorn, Robert (Bob)

Gravuer, Bowman (Bud) 4605 Pine St 321-504-4554
Elizabeth (Liz) Cocoa, FL 32926-2282
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House, Michael (Mike) 909-875-7082
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Christina (Tina) Rialto, CA 92376-2804
10631 Vinedale St B-5
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10725 Hobbit Ln
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3219 Via Solana
Testa, Mark Escondido, CA 92029-7267
Frances

van den Broek, Mark
Kathryn

~end~

IN MEMORIAM

William A. (Bill) Sullivan (Nancy) 11-28-14

~end~

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STAR DUSTERS SOUTH COAST SATELLITE LUNCHEON Monday,

February 16, 2015

PLACE: ACAPULCO RESTAURANT CANTINA
1262 S.E. BRISTOL STREET
SANTA ANA, CA 92707

EVENT: FOLLOWING LUNCHEON, TOUR OF:
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19300 IKE JONES ROAD

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