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Aero 9B nose turret from the Neptune at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Florida, 2007.Mostly the one foot longer Aero 9C turret was installed. Before the P-3 Orion arrived in the mid-1960s, the Neptune was the primary U.S. land-based anti-submarine patrol aircraft, intended to be operated as the hunter of a '"Hunter-Killer" group, with destroyers employed as killers.
English: A U.S. Navy Lockheed SP-2H Neptune (BuNo 135588) of Patrol Squadron 7 (VP-7) "Black Falcons" in flight. This aircraft was assigned to VP-7 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida (USA), from February 1965 to December 1967.
The museum is devoted to the history of naval aviation, including that of the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Coast Guard.Its mission is "to select, collect, preserve and display" appropriate memorabilia representative of the development, growth and historic heritage of United States Naval Aviation. [2]
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The Kawasaki P-2J (originally P2V-Kai) is a maritime patrol and ASW aircraft developed for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. A twin turboprop-powered version of the radial-engined P-2 Neptune , the P-2J was developed as an alternative to buying the larger and more expensive P-3 Orion , which would eventually replace the P-2J in the 1980s.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 November 2024. WW2-era American maritime reconnaissance aircraft P4M Mercator United States Navy P4M-1 General information Type Patrol bomber National origin United States Manufacturer Martin Status Retired Primary user United States Navy Number built 21 History Introduction date 1950 First flight 20 ...
Of greater impact, however, was the subsequent use of the improved AN/APS-20E in the role aboard the Lockheed P2V Neptune. The radar first flew in the third airframe, designated P2V-2S, which was the first developed for the anti-submarine role. [35]