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Old 05-10-2013, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by tahoejace View Post
FYI, Neptune was not awarded one of the NextGen tanker contracts. They were awarded a "legacy" contract for one BAe-146 and six P2V's. That contract only lasts for up to 5 years, or until sufficient numbers of NextGen tankers have been fielded. Unless they protest the award (and win), they may not be in the firefighting business for much longer.

USFS announces contracts for next-generation air tankers
Thanks for the link. I hope Neptune does get more flying. It really is very competitve out there-maybe more so than the frac or regional world.
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