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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.
7 November 1961: A VP-10 P2V-5F Neptune flying on ASW patrol crashed into the ocean with the loss of all 11 crewmen. 10 October 1962: VP-10 deployed a four-aircraft detachment to Lajes Field in support of the Cuban Quarantine. 13 April 1963: VP-10 flew SAR flights in an attempt to locate the missing nuclear submarine USS Thresher. After several ...
In June 1948 VP-ML-5 received the first P2V Neptune, equipped with magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) equipment capable of detecting large magnetic objects underwater. The technology to detect submerged submarines through non-acoustic means facilitated a major capability leap in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and manifested itself not only in ...
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-2, also known as "Batmen" and later "Sandeman," was an air reconnaissance squadron of the United States Navy, established on 1 September 1955 and based at NAS Whidbey Island, previously at NAVSTA Rota, Spain, flying both Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior and Lockheed EP-3E Aries aircraft until 1991 and then strictly EP-3E aircraft until 2012.
P2V-2 Neptune: 1948 January 13: NAS Whidbey Island, Washington: Fleet Air Wing Four 1948 September 1: Patrol Squadron ONE (VP-1) 1950 July: P2V-3 Neptune 1953 May: P2V-5 Neptune 1957: P2V-5F Neptune 1959 August: P2V-7 Neptune 1963 August: SP-2H Neptune 1969 July: P-3B Orion: 1970 June 30: NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii: Patrol Wing Two 1979 November ...
After relinquishing the last of its P2V-5FS aircraft to the U. S. Naval Reserve in October 1962, VP-8 became the first operational P-3A Orion squadron in the U.S. Navy. [4] [5] During the Cuban Missile Crisis , VP-8 sent a four-aircraft detachment to Bermuda to support the naval quarantine , including monitoring of Soviet submarines operating ...
You have a pivotal month ahead of you, personally and professionally, Gemini. February begins with Venus conjunct Neptune in Pisces, shaking up your bossy 10th house of authority, career and ...
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