AKA: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Unit 80 Factory, Oildale, Bakersfield, CA; Custom Building Products Company, Factory, Oildale, Bakersfield, CA
Structure Type: [unspecified]
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: [unspecified]
Lockheed built this facility to assemble warplanes during World War II. It resurrected the plant to build the U2 spy plane between 01/01/1956 and 01/01/1957. The planes were assembled here and flown to Nevada where they were flight tested in the military's super-secret Area 51 airfield.
Lockheed built this facility to assemble warplanes during World War II. It resurrected the plant to build the U2 spy plane between 01/01/1956 and 01/01/1957. The planes were assembled here and flown to Nevada where they were flight tested in the military's super-secret Area 51 airfield.
PCAD id: 17178