{"id":11014,"date":"2021-09-02T22:28:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T03:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=11014"},"modified":"2021-09-02T23:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T04:01:12","slug":"lockheed-martin-announces-johnstown-facility-to-build-parts-for-new-f-16s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=11014","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed Martin Announces Johnstown Facility To Build Parts For New F-16&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 2021 &#8212; Lockheed Martin (NYSE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zacks.com\/stock\/quote\/LMT?q=LMT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LMT<\/a>) announced today it would bring new\u00a0F-16\u00a0manufacturing work to its facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The work will generate 80 new jobs in the city and the company plans to lease a new building to accommodate it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayne Davis, director at Lockheed Martin\u2019s Johnstown site, says Lockheed Martin continues to see demand for new F-16s around the world, requiring development of additional parts manufacturing sites to ensure it can keep up with demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.lockheedmartin.com\/file.php\/179669\/F-16-block-70-2000.jpg?thumbnail=asset\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F-16 parts to be produced in Johnstown include the aft engine access covers, engine access doors, F-1 fuel tank, and inlet. Upon completion in Johnstown, the parts will be shipped to Greenville, South Carolina, for final assembly and integration into the F-16s on the production line. This is in addition to F-16 component and sub-assembly work already performed at the site today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early work in Johnstown will kick off this year, with the bulk of hiring and other significant efforts beginning in 2022. In addition to the F-16 work, the Johnstown facility also provides parts and services for the F-35 and F-22 fighter jets, and the C-130 military transport aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the nearly 400 jobs already in place at the site today, Lockheed Martin maintains a strong presence in the Johnstown community, giving more than $42,000 to local organizations and efforts last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Proven and Powerful F-16\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TvQQi2xLyZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 2021 \u2014 Lockheed Martin announced today it would bring new F-16 manufacturing work to its facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The work will generate 80 new jobs in the city and the company plans to lease a new building to accommodate it.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the picture above to read the full story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10172,4510,9316,4813,89,5804,5637,13618,1836,5992,5670,2203,4957,5676,13831,10674,5446,10169,13469,10176,1397],"tags":[5393,3974,167,14724,464,3790,2915,160,3798,988,997,3568,4512,6690,14449,12348,335,14725,1490,1101,1102,2665,1184,1757,4718,4408,4660,1898,5953,1795,78,1248,1100,889,718,412,1958,2048,515,1993,101,5636,3218,1691,3896,2755],"class_list":["post-11014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","category-aerospace-news","category-air-force-news","category-airplane-news","category-aviation-news","category-avionics","category-business-news","category-communications-news","category-defense-news","category-economic-news","category-economy-news","category-finance-news","category-global-politics","category-international-news","category-manufacturing-assembly-news","category-military","category-military-news","category-news","category-pilot","category-stock-news-2","category-stock-news","tag-access","tag-additional","tag-aerospace","tag-aft","tag-aircraft","tag-announces","tag-assembly","tag-aviation","tag-build","tag-business","tag-c-130","tag-carolina","tag-communications","tag-component","tag-covers","tag-doors","tag-engine","tag-f-1","tag-f-16","tag-f-22","tag-f-35","tag-facility","tag-fighter","tag-fuel","tag-greenville","tag-hiring","tag-inlet","tag-jets","tag-johnstown","tag-line","tag-lockheed","tag-manufacturing","tag-martin","tag-military","tag-new","tag-news","tag-parts","tag-pennsylvania","tag-production","tag-south","tag-stock","tag-sub","tag-tank","tag-transport","tag-work","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11014"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11020,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11014\/revisions\/11020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}