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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-121S Super Constellation
    Last Military Serial:54-0155 USAF
    Construction Number:1049F-4174
    Compressed ID:Lockheed EC-121S sn 54-0155 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-121C-LO.

    October 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-0155.

    October 1955

    To Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Atlantic Division.
    Markings added: ATLANTIC DIVISION

    December 1962

    Transferred to 140th Aeromedical Transport Squadron, MATS, Olmstead AFB, Pennsylvania,.

    1967

    Converted to an EC-121S.
    Converted by Lockheed Air Service, NY.

    1979

    Withdrawn from use.

    April 1979

    Last flight.
    Ferried to Kelly AFB, TX.

    August 1979

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 37 TRW/MU, Lackland AFB, TX.

    August 1979

    Placed on display with 37th Training Wing HQ Parade Ground, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    29 October 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: EC-121S Warning Star formerly of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard on display at the USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, Texas.

    29 October 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: EC-121S Warning Star formerly of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard on display at the USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, Texas

    By 1981

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE

    10 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX of Lockheed EC-121S Warning Star

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Scanned slide.

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Scanned slide.

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Scanned slide.

    24 July 1994


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Scanned from my photo taken on visit in 1994

    November 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX.

    To Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    Ralph M. Pettersens Constellation Survivors Website by Ralph M. Pettersen
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