A nest of old bolts and nuts with some paint around it in one photo. Visible on the picture are P-2E's N203EV (c/n 426-5228, ex BuNo 128382) and N206EV/145 (c/n 426-5363, ex BuNo 131482) destined for Evergreen, HU-16E's N116FB (c/n 461, ex BuNo 148325 and JMSDF 9052), N112FB (c/n 463, ex BuNo 148328, ex JMSDF 9055), unmarked but N2660L (ex c/n 374, ex BuNo 137901), N118FB (c/n 9304, ex RCAF 9304), on top SA-16A N122FB (c/n 218, ex USAF 51-7168), HU-16E N125FB (c/n 73, ex BuNo 141282), N119FB (c/n 456, ex RCAF 9308), and HU-16B N113FB (c/n 322, ex USAF 51-7244), all of a company named Chalk's.

Tanker 05 P-2E turning final for runway 24

Delivered to the US Navy as P2V-5 131482. Converted to a P2V-5F. Redesignated as an SP-2E in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1969. To Evergreen as N206EV in 1977 and converted to a firebomber. Stored at Marana from 1985. To Neptune Aviation Services as N410NA in 2011. Stored at Alamogordo, NM from 2017.

Delivered to the US Navy as P2V-5 128382. Converted to a P2V-5F. Redesignated as an SP-2E in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1966. To Evergreen as N203EV in 1977 and stored at Marana. Converted to a firebomber in 1984. Stored at Marana by 2000. To Neptune Aviation Services, Missoula MT in 2010. Withdrawn from use at Alamogordo, NM in 2011. Stored for preservation.

Delivered to the US Navy as P2V-5 131502 in 1954. Converted to a P2V-5F. Redesignated as an SP-2E in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1966. To Evergreen as N202EV in 1977 and converted to a firebomber. Stored at Marana by 1990. To McMinnville, OR for preservation in 2005.

Tanker 07 P-2E off on another fire suppression mission

Departing runway 24 and burning the jets which makes for a most unique sound!

(photographer not known)

This immaculate Neptune is getting some rest after fighting the California wildfires.

Photographed at Kingsley Air Tanker Base.

Sold to Evergreen Helicopters in October 1984 and re-registered N208EV in 1985, but this was never applied to the aircraft and it remained at MZJ and was finally scrapped there in the 1990s.

Former 131502/USN

At San Bernardino Air Tanker Base. Wfu in 2012, and donated to the National Museum of Forest Service History in Missoula (MT) in May 2023.

Tanker 05 departing on a fire dispatch off runway 24

Originally built for US Navy as P2V-5 (P-2E) Bureau Number 124904. Later converted to a P2V-5FE (EP-2E).