"[T]he Forest Service request for information on June 2nd didn't
request operational service life reports from Lockheed. They asked
for this 10 days ago. Our point is there's no reason we can't be
operational in the meantime."
Source: Neptune President Kristen Schloemer, after
Montana's lone Congressman, Denny Rehberg, announced a deal with
the Forest Service to have the government pay for a search of
Lockheed records on the P-2V. Before Neptune can fly the vintage
military aircraft on aerial firefighting missions again, the Forest
Service wants to see a report written when the type was first
developed in 1949 which projects the Orion's life cycle.
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