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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.
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.
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.
P2V-3 Neptune (Defensive guns) US Navy [19] November 6, 1951: Near Vladivostok: US Navy P2V-3 Neptune: La-11 "Fang" Soviet Air Defence Forces [16] [20] June 13, 1952: Sea of Japan: US Air Force RB-29 Superfortress: MiG-15 "Fagot" Soviet Air Defence Forces [21] October 7, 1952: Over the Kurile Islands: US Air Force RB-29 Superfortress: La-11 ...
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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.