Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star 4820113080685

Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star 4820113080685The military version of Lockheeds Super Constellation 1049 airliner and predecessor of Boeings current E 3 Sentry AWACS, the Lockheed EC 121 Warning Star was a warning and control radar surveillance aircraft used by the US Navy and US Air Force from the mid 1950s to the end of the 70s. With 244 initially ordered by the Navy, this plane came into service as the PO 2W and then the WV 2 in 1954, before being renamed the EC 121 in 1962. The US Air Force

the tanker often being flanked by the aircraft carrier on one side and a wing escort on the other

Perhaps its most important feature was its simplicity

and having shown their complete mastery

In the Shannon Class Lifeboat

The aircraft were operated alongside other units assigned to the Svea Air Force Wing (F 8) protecting Stockholm

was able to cover the fleet thanks to its Distant Early Warning (DEW) system

and many future aces got their wings on them before going to the front

IIc trop “Hurribomber”

Launched at the Birkenhead shipyard of Cammel Laird on the 13th April 1937

It was called the Martlet II by the British

While not as maneuverable as the Japanese Mitsubishi Zero

as the thickness of the wing was not conducive to high performance at high altitude