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 ...

MISSOULA — The Missoula International Airport has a new gate guard. Early Tuesday morning, airport crews maneuvered a retired Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune aircraft, most recently used to fight fires around ...

RENO, Nev. - A jet engine fire engulfed the wing of a Neptune Aviation air tanker moments after takeoff, sending the plane rolling into the ground and killing all three members of the Missoula-based ...

Neptune Aviation’s fleet of P2V retardant bombers returned to the air Tuesday, after one of its planes crashed in Utah on Sunday, killing two pilots. “As a company, we’re dealing with the loss, but as ...

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 ...