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Lockheed Martin (LM) Skunk Works was awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for Have Blue, the stealth demonstrator that would lead to the F-117A Nighthawk in April 1976.  Have Blue took its first flight in December 1977 and LM was awarded the F-117 contract in November 1978.  The F-117 took it first flight in June 1981 and the first F-117A operational aircraft was delivered in October 1983.  LM delivered 59 production F-117A aircraft and was first used in combat in 1989.

Bob Loschke was the lead Engineer for the flight control systems of the Have Blue stealth technology demonstrator, the world’s first Very Low Observable aircraft and on the F-117A, the world’s first operational Stealth aircraft. 

Bob Loschke received two degrees from the University of Oklahoma in 1961; a Bachelor of Science (B. S.) in Aeronautical Engineering and a B. S. in Electrical Engineering.  After joining Lockheed in 1961, he continued his formal education through Lockheed’s work Study program and received a Master of Science Degree in Control System Engineering from UCLA in 1967. 

During his 37 years career at Lockheed, Bob contributed in the design, development, and testing of a variety of aircraft: Land based and carrier based, subsonic and supersonic, single engine and multi-engine, manned and unmanned.     

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