On active duty for the Alaska summer wildfire season, at rest at Ladd Army Airfield, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks as Hawkins & Powers contract fire tanker "126". Built in 1944 for the US Navy as PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber BuNo 59882. Transferred to the US Coast Guard around 1951 as a P4Y-2G. Became N7962C in 1959. Re-engined and further modified and upgraded to the more powerful Super Privateer air tanker configuration around 1974. Grounded for fire-fighting in July 2002 as a result of the structural failure of sister ship N7620C during an air attack.

Seen here active at its Greybull base, in operational service as a company transport in support of H&P's firebomber deployments.

Operated by Hawkins & Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming, on contract to the State of Alaska for the summer 1990 fire fighting season. Carrying the bombing number "124" and flying the US national flag within its glazed nose.

Built in 1953 for the RCAF as C-119F 22113 and converted to C-119G. Struck off charge in 1967, sold to Aircraft International Associates as N3935 in 1971 and Hawkins and Powers in 1972. At Fort Wainwright on seasonal firefighting contract with the Alaska Bureau of Land Management. Withdrawn in 1987 and now displayed at the Museum of Aerial Firefighting at Greybull painted as 'N5216R, Tanker 136'

Built for the US Navy in 1944 as Bu 59882 and later served with the USCG. Registered as NR7962C in 1959 to Avery Aviation (later Christler-Avery Aviation) at Greybull, Wyoming and re-registered as N7962C later the same year. Hawkins and Powers acquired the aircraft when they took over the assets of Christler-Avery in 1969. She continued to operate for them until retired in 2002 and is now part of the Museum of Aerial Firefighting at Greybull. Seen at Fort Wainwright on station for the 1986 seasonal fire fighting contract with the Alaskan Bureau of Land Management.

Reportedly going to the Hagerstown Aviation Museum in Maryland.

K25 slide scan. Built 1958 as P2V-7 145906, later redesignated SP-2H. Retired to MASDC 1975. N8064A 1989, reregistered N139HP for Hawkins and Powers as Tanker 139 1990, keeping its stinger tail. Neptune Aviation N443NA 2006, withdrawn 2018, to San Diego Air and Space Museum same year. Had received a HP tail badge in later years.

K25 slide scan. Built 1952 as C-119F 22101 for RCAF, later converted to C-119G, struck off charge 1967. Aircraft International Associates N15505 1971, stored Lincoln, NE. Hawkins and Powers 1976, stored Greybull in RCAF colours, used for parts. To D.F. Pratt Museum, Fort Campbell, KY, 1993. Fully restored and displayed as "USAF 563" 2012.

Delivered to the RCAF as 22111 in 1953. Sold as N8093 in 1970. To Hawkins and Powers Aviation in 1976 and converted to a fire bomber with jet pack and fleet number 140. Flown to Hagerstown, MD in 2008 for preservation at the Hagerstown Air Museum.

Delivered to the RCAF as 22113 in 1953. Sold as N3935 in 1971. To Hawkins and Powers Aviation in 1976. Converted to a fire bomber with jet pack and fleet number 139. Restored for display at the Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting by 1997 marked as N5216R. The real N5216R went to Battle Mountain, NV for preservation by 1995.

K25 slide scan. Built 1958 as N2709R for Butler Aviation/Pepsico. Later operated by US Navy in various guises it went to Hawkins and Powers in 1988. Withdrawn from use at Greybull by early 1990's. Acquired by Hagerstown Aviation Museum in 2016, dismantled July 2023 and trucked to Hagerstown.

K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as C-119F 22111 for RCAF, later converted to C-119G, struck of charge 1967. Aircraft International Associates N8093 1970, Hawkins and Powers 1976. Operated as Tanker 140, withdrawn by 1991. Took part in 1999 EAA Oshkosh Fly In. Hagerstown Aviation Museum 2006, flown to Hagerstown, MD, location of the fomer Fairchild plant, 12 to 16 November 2008.

K25 slide scan. Built 1956 as P2V-7 140443, later redesignated SP-2H. Retired to MASDC 1973. N80635 1989, reregistered N140HP for Hawkins and Powers as Tanker 140 1989. Neptune Aviation N445NA 2006, withdrawn 2018.

K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as C-119F 22131 for RCAF, later converted to C-119G, struck of charge 1967. Aircraft International Associates N5216R 1971, Hawkins and Powers 1972, converted to Tanker 136, withdrawn 1987. Flown to Battle Mountain Aircraft Museum, NV around 1992, displayed there with a jet pod numbered "137". Registration cancelled 2012. Museum became defunct later, aircraft remained in store. Acquired 2019 by Rolling Boxcar Alaska, the Cockpit and fuselage will be mounted onto a bus chassis and used as a mobile museum, coffee bar and classroom. Dismantled for that purpose in 2020.

K25 slide scan. Built 1958 as 57-482 for USAF. Hawkins and Powers N133TG 1989. International Air Response 2006, flown to Coolidge, AZ 2010 and used for spares. Cancelled 2018. Full livery was being applied with the tail still being unfinished.

K25 slide scan. Built 1957 as 56-534 for USAF, retired to AMARC 1986. HV Flying Service N132FF 1988, Hawkins and Powers N131HP as Tanker 131 1989, stored by 2003. International Air Response 2007, flown to Coolidge, AZ and used for spares. Cancelled 2014.

K25 slide scan. Built 1953 as C-119F 22113 for RCAF, later converted to C-119G, struck of charge 1967. Aircraft International Associates N3935 1971, Hawkins and Powers 1972, converted to Tanker 139, Withdrawn 1987. Displayed at Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting with false markings "N5216R Tanker 136".

Originally 145906 of the US Navy, then N8064A. Bought by H&P in 1989 from the stock of an emerging warbird museum in Georgia. Registered as N139HP and stored at Greybull in US Navy markings, then tanked as "139". Sold in 2006 to Neptune Aviation Services, Missoula, Montana and re-registered as N443MA, tanker"43".

Delivered to the US Navy as P2V-7 140443 in 1956. Redesignated as a P-2J in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 1P330 in 1973. Sold as N80635 then to Hawkins and Powers Aviation as N140HP in 1989. Converted to a fire bomber. To Neptune Aviation as N445NA in 1996 then to the National Museum of Aviation and Technology at Detroit-Willow Run, MI in 2009.