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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-49/L-649/L-749/L-1049/L-1649/C-69 Constellation / C-121 Super Constellation / WV Warning Star / Starliner
    Latest Model:EC-121T Super Constellation
    Last Military Serial:52-3418 USAF
    Last Civil Registration:N4257U
    Compressed ID:Lockheed EC-121T sn 52-3418 USAF cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an EC-121T.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-3418.

    2 July 1981

    To Combat Air Museum Inc, Topeka, KS with new c/r N4257U.

    To Combat Air Museum, Forbes AFB, Topeka, KS.
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    18 December 2012

    Civil registration, N4257U, cancelled.

    28 June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    28 June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Interior shot, looking forward towards the cockpit from the crew entry door on the left side. The bays on either side wouldve housed radar scopes when the EC-121 was operational.

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Navigator Station onboard the EC-121. Located just behind the cockpit.

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Cockpit with 2 Mannequins

    25 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    From June 2022 to August 2022

    Restored.
    Dave Murray comments (18 October 2022): Restoration of EC-121T Warning Star exterior paintwork conducted between June and August 2022.

    19 September 2022


    Photographer: Dave Murray
    Notes: Restoration of exteriorpaintwork on EC-121T Warning Star
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