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Lockheed Martin Wants to Hire 5,000, Including 300 for F-16 Work in S.C.

Lockheed Martin Wants to Hire 5,000, Including 300 for F-16 Work in S.C.
Lockheed Martin said in January that it had returned to the U.S. Air Force the first F-16 upgraded in Greenville, S.C. The Block 50 F-16, pictured here, was ordered in 1990 and fielded in 1993. It has seen service with the 416th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif. (Lockheed Martin Photo)

In 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it was able as a federal government-deemed essential business to hire 12,000 workers, and the company is now on the hunt for 5,000 workers, including 300 for F-16 sustainment and production at the company's Greenville, S.C., plant. Lockheed Martin reported it had 114,000 workers globally at the end of last year--the same as in 2020, but an increase of 9,000 since the end of 2018 and 4,000 since the end…

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