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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:52-3425 USAF
    Construction Number:1049A-4343
    Compressed ID:Lockheed EC-121T sn 52-3425 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Peterson Air and Space Museum, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RC-121D-LO.

    17 January 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-3425.

    October 1963

    Redesignated as EC-121D.

    Transferred to 966th AEWCS, McCoy AFB, FL.

    April 1970

    Converted to an EC-121T.
    Interestingly, the upper radome was not removed.

    15 August 1973


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe

    March 1976

    Transferred to 79th AEWCS, Homestead Air Force Base, FL.

    October 1978

    Last flight.
    Retired and ferried to Peterson AFB, CO late October 1978 for display at the Peterson Air and Space Museum. This was the last operational EC-121 in the USAF.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    October 1978

    To Peterson Air and Space Museum, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO.
    View the Location Dossier

    23 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    23 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    25 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    25 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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    Ralph M. Pettersens Constellation Survivors Website by Ralph M. Pettersen
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