Denny Lombard is the chief promotional photographer at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Palmdale, California. His thirty-seven years at the Skunk Works produced photos of many of the company’s world-renowned aircraft, such as the F-117, U-2, SR-71, and YF-22. Denny was lucky enough to fly F-16 and F-15 photo chase on the YF-22 flight test program, which was the highlight of his career.

The YF-22 was the prototype to the present air superiority fighter, the F-22 Raptor. In the late 1980s, Lombard and fellow Lockheed photographer Eric Schulzinger, spent many weeks at Tonopah, Nevada photographing the then Top Secret F-117, for the Nighthawk’s world debut. Denny’s photos have graced the covers of magazines all over the world.