An aviation company that provides aerial tankers for fighting wildfires will be training in the Alamogordo and Roswell areas this week.

Neptune Aviation of Missoula, Mont., will base three four-motor Lockheed P2V aircraft at the Alamogordo Air Tanker Base.

Training and proficiency flights will include day and night flights on this schedule announced today:

Tuesday:  One daytime flight

Wednesday:  Two daytime flights

Thursday:  Two daytime and one nighttime flights

Friday:  Two daytime and one nighttime flights

The U.S. Forest Service says day flights will usually occur around 10 a.m., 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. with night flights around dusk.

Some of the training missions may involve water drops near the base runway.

Neptune Aviation Lockheed P2V. (National Transportation Safety Board)

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