Little planes buzz. Big jets whoosh. But Missoula’s skies will soon lose the rumble that signified a P2V coming back from a wildfire. “When I land at some random airport in Kansas, they flip out when ...

In theory, vehicles of any kind can run indefinitely as long as people are willing to maintain them. Unfortunately, budget and manpower can be limited in the U.S. military, so fleet modernization is ...

Job: 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 the crew ...

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 ...

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 ...

On this day in aviation history, 80 years ago-May 17, 1945-the Lockheed P-2 Neptune took to the skies for its first flight. Designed as a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft, the ...

A retired firefighting tanker plane is expected to make its final flight to Glendive on Sunday, where it will remain indefinitely at Dawson Community Airport. Missoula-based Neptune Aviation Services ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - A Missoula based air tanker company is flying again after grounding its fleet. Neptune Aviation said it voluntarily grounded its planes after a tanker crashed on a fire supression ...

(WJAR) — An old military plane was demolished Tuesday at a closed museum in Quonset. A Lockheed P2V Neptune was crushed and put in dumpsters. The 91 foot long post World War 2 Navy aircraft had been ...