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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune
    Latest Model:SP-2H Neptune
    Last Military Serial:147963 USN
    Construction Number:726-7213
    Compressed ID:Lockheed SP-2H sn 147963 USN cn 726...
    Latest Owner or Location:Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P2V-7S.

    21 June 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 147963.

    From June 1960 to November 1963

    Transferred to VP-11, NAS Brunswick, ME.

    1962

    Redesignated as SP-2H.

    From November 1963 to January 1970

    Transferred to VP-23, NAS Brunswick, ME.

    From January 1970 to May 1970

    Transferred to NAS Seattle, WA.

    From May 1970 to November 1970

    Transferred to NARTU, NAS Whidbey Island, WA.


    Photographer: Gordon Permann Collection

    From November 1970 to August 1975

    Transferred to VP-69, NAS Whidbey Island, WA.

    November 1970

    Markings Applied: 5, PJ

    15 August 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1P0390.

    29 May 1978

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    2 May 1980

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number PA0002.
    Allocated to USAF inventory.

    May 1980

    New serial number assigned: LF0001 AMARC

    10 November 1994

    To Smithsonian Collection.
    But remained in storage at AMARC.

    To Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At AMARC, AZ

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     MASDC II, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 1982-1987 by Fryer and Swann
    MASDC III, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona by Bonny, Swann and Fryer
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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