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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.
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]
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 ...
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.
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During the 1960s the station hosted a pair of unique Anti-Submarine Warfare Operational Flight Trainers. These consisted of two retired aircraft fuselages, a Grumman S-2A Tracker (crash damaged) and a Lockheed SP-2E Neptune (fire damaged), that were placed on the flat roof of the so-called "lean-to" on the southern side of LTA Hangar One.
Lockheed P2V Neptune 131427 [12] [failed verification] LTV A-7D Corsair II 75-0408 [12] [failed verification] M35 Recovery Truck [citation needed] McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II [citation needed] McDonnell Douglas F-4A Phantom II [12] Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F [12] [failed verification] MIM-14 Nike-Hercules [12] [failed verification]
Lockheed AP-2H Neptune: USN 135620 On outdoor display Lockheed P-2H Neptune: USN 150281 In storage Lockheed C-130A Hercules: USAF 57-0457 On outdoor display Lockheed C-130D Hercules: USAF 57-0493: On outdoor display, equipped with skis for operations at the North Pole. Lockheed EC-121T Warning Star: USAF 53-0554: On outdoor display