Sure looks like an old B-25...
It kind of does and at first I thought it was a WWII era bomber that was converted.
Here’s a great link with a video of the plane plus an interview with the pilot.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/may/07/firefighting-plane-makes-first-flight-chattanooga/
Talk about a bad ass, the pilot being interviewed managed to fix the nose gear on a P2 in flight! Here is a cut an paste of the story.
In the style of Hollywood, this event was acted out for
real the morning of August 6, 2000. Captain Gene
Wahlstrom and Co-pilot Dale Dahl, the crew of a Neptune
Aviation Lockheed P2V, had just completed dropping a
load of retardant on the High Ore fire and were heading
back to Helena, Montana for a load-and-return to the fire
when they had a problem with their nose landing gear.
They were approaching the airport for a landing when
they noticed the nose landing gear would not extend
when selected to the down position. Knowing that your
nose precedes your face in anything that you do, another
attempt to cycle the landing gear commenced, producing
the same results. An examination of the nose wheel
gear, from the crawlway to the nose compartment,
revealed that the ¼” bolt connecting the hydraulic
actuator to the up lock mechanism was sheared. In true
“McGyver” fashion, they located a bolt and nut of the
required dimensions in amongst the spare parts located
in the aircraft, and installed them! The gear lowered, and
a “normal” landing at the maintenance base in Missoula
was executed. They certainly earned their pay that day,
and Airwards too. A job well done!