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 ...

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, ...

During the Second World War, the Royal Air Force developed a radar equipped Hudson bomber to seek out German U-boats. These explorations into anti-submarine warfare aircraft led to the Lockheed PV-1 ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Federal investigators have recovered a cockpit voice recorder from the Missoula-based air tanker that crashed in Utah and killed two pilots who were fighting a wildfire. National ...

Naval aircraft traditionally have nicknames. The third production Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune was named the “Truculent Turtle," after Lockheed’s mission, Operation Turtle, intended to extend the ...

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

MISSOULA — Red lightning will hit the blue skies over Montana next week as Neptune Aviation puts its latest firefighting air tanker into service. Maintenance crews painted the zigzags and a big “41” ...