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by Heller
$75.54 USD
$94.43 USD
Temporarily out of stock. Place an order now to enter the purchase queue when stock becomes available. Future arrival date is currently unknown.
This is an injection-plastic ship model kit.
The military version of Lockheed's Super Constellation 1049 airliner, and the predecessor of Boeing's current E-3 Sentry/AWACS, the Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star was a radar surveillance aircraft used by the US Navy and US Air Force from the mid-1950s to the end of the 70s. Initially ordered by the Navy, this aircraft 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 ordered 82 of them, 72 of which were taken from the Navy's initial order.
The Warning Star, nicknamed "Willie Victor" by Navy pilots or "Connie" (short for Constellation) by the Air Force, was equipped with a Distant Early Warning (DEW) system, allowing it to cover the fleet. The US Air Force deployed the planes in Vietnam, where one of them guided an American fighter jet in the successful interception of a North Vietnamese MiG 21 over the Gulf of Tonkin in October 1967, marking the first successful airborne-controlled attack. The EC-121s were also used for collecting electronic signals intelligence, supporting the Apollo space program, and participating in other coordination operations for the armed forces.
Parts: 2x 123 pieces
Size: 261 x 51 mm