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The Phillippine Mars is towed out of the seaplane lagoon at the former NAS Alameda prior to its finial flight on 10Feb2025. Phillipine Mars, built by Martin  Aircraft as a JRM-1 (BuNo 76820) was later converted to a JRM-3, was delivered to the USN on June 26, 1946 and assigned to VR-2 at NAS Alameda. The aircraft was retired from service on August 22, 1956 and sold in 1959 to Flying Tankers Inc. where it was converted into a firefighting aircraft. In 2007 Phillipine Mars and its sister aircraft Hawaii Mars were purchased by the Coulson Group. On February 10th, 2025 the Phillipine Mars made it's final flight to Lake Pleasant, AZ, where it will be dissembled and trucked to the Pima Air Museum in Tucson.