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RAAF Unveils Gate Guardian Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) recently unveiled the newly restored Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune A89-280, which has served ...
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 ...
US safety investigators are probing two separate P2V Neptune aerial firefighting tanker accidents on 3 June, both of which were involved in efforts to extinguish or contain wildfires. Shortly before ...
On the afternoon of June 3, an aging Lockheed Martin P2V air tanker crashed near the border of Nevada and Utah, killing the pilot and co-pilot. The same day, one landing gear on a P2V failed to deploy ...
Members of a Navy recovery team examine the wreckage of LA-9, a Navy P2V Neptune aircraft that crashed onto a Greenland glacier in 1962, Aug. 9, 2004. The Navy is currently conducting recovery ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Once a Cold War-era submarine attack plane, the Lockheed P2V has for years been both a mainstay of the nation's aerial firefighting arsenal and a cause for concern. Flying in ...