MISSOULA,Mont - Neptune Aviation is retiring seven Lockheed P2V air tankers Saturday September 30th. This is a historic day for these aircraft that have been around since the cold war. Sam Wagner ...

Nine days after their retirement party in Missoula, Neptune Aviation’s P2V retardant bombers were called back into action for northern California’s wildfire rampage. “Typically the fire season would ...

1944 - USS Narwhal (SS-167) evacuates 81 Allied prisoners of war that survived sinking of Japanese Shinyo Maru from Sindangan Bay, Mindanao 1946 -Lockheed P2V Neptune, Truculent Turtle, leaves Perth, ...

SALT LAKE CITY – A Missoula-based air tanker dropping retardant on a southern Utah wildfire earlier this month veered off its flight path while following a lead plane moments before crashing into ...

The focus on the safety of firefighting aircraft has resulted in an airworthiness directive (AD) on Lockheed's 1940s-vintage P2V Neptune, a Navy patrol aircraft that has been converted to fire-bombing ...

Job: Jon served as a Tactical Coordinator (TACCO) with a crew flying the P2V Neptune, a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft built by Lockheed. The TACCO coordinated the activities of ...

During the 1950s and 60s the Lockheed Neptunes were employed by RAAF 10 and 11 squadrons for maritime patrols, search and rescue, and submarine hunting tasks. They were an important evolutionary step ...