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The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (designated P2V by the United States Navy prior to September 1962) is a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. It was developed for the US Navy by Lockheed to replace the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura and PV-2 Harpoon , and was replaced in turn by the Lockheed P-3 Orion .
On 4 May 1955, the company's founder, Louis-Charles Breguet, died in Paris, France. [1] In response to a NATO specification for a long-range maritime patrol aircraft to replace the Lockheed P2V Neptune, Breguet submitted its own design, the Br 1150, which was chosen as the winner in late 1958.
O: Lockheed (changed to V in 1951) PO Warning Star – redesignated WV in 1951; S: Sikorsky. PS; P2S; V: Lockheed-Vega. PV Ventura/Harpoon; P2V Neptune; V: Lockheed (changed from O in 1951) PV – skipped to avoid confusion with the Lockheed-Vega PV; P2V – skipped to avoid confusion with the Lockheed-Vega P2V Neptune; P3V Orion; Y ...
From the end of World War II until its closure, NAS Moffett Field saw the development and use of several generations of land-based anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft, including the Lockheed P2V Neptune and Lockheed P-3 Orion.
A Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune, BuNo 127751, c/n 426-5085, of VP-22 [227] goes missing out of Naha Air Base, Okinawa. Subsequent search reveals the wreckage 45–50 miles from the base with 11 victims on a mountainside at the northeast end of Okinawa. [80] Aircraft struck 1,200–1,300 foot cliff at the 1,000 foot level.
The Martin P4M Mercator was a maritime reconnaissance aircraft built by the Glenn L. Martin Company.The Mercator was an unsuccessful contender for a United States Navy requirement for a long-range maritime patrol bomber, with the Lockheed P2V Neptune chosen instead.
The JMSDF's first aircraft were 16 Lockheed P2V Neptune maritime patrol aircraft, which were provided to the force by the United States Navy in 1956. The US Navy also provided Japan with 60 Grumman S-2 Trackers from 1957.
This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1995. Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft astronomical names, from the first Vega to the C-5 Galaxy.