Dragon Wings – EC-121D „Big Eye“ , U.S. Air Force
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Výrobce: DragonMěřítko: 1:400Letecká společnost: USAF - United States Air ForceDescription
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EC-121 Warning Star (Lockheed)
The Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star is a United States Navy and United States Air Force Airborne early warning and control radar surveillance aircraft.
A military version of the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, it was designed to serve as an airborne early warning system to supplement the Distant Early Warning Line, using two large radomes, a vertical dome above and a horizontal one below the fuselage. Some EC-121s were also used for intelligence gathering (SIGINT).
| Role | Airborne early warning and control aircraft |
|---|---|
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Lockheed Corporation |
| First flight | 9 June 1949 |
| Introduction | 1954 |
| Retired | 1982 (USN) |
| Primary users | United States Navy United States Air Force |
| Produced | 1953–1958 |
| Number built | 232 |
| Developed from | L-749 Constellation L-1049 Super Constellation C-121 Constellation |
The U.S. Navy versions when initially procured were designated WV-1 (PO-1W), WV-2, and WV-3. Warning Stars of the U.S. Air Force served during the Vietnam War as both electronic sensor monitors and as a forerunner to the Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS. U.S. Air Force aircrews adopted the civil nickname, „Connie“ (diminutive of Constellation) as reference, while naval aircrews used the term „Willie Victor“ based on a slang version of the NATO phonetic alphabet and the Navy’s pre-1962 „WV-“ designations for the aircraft type.
Big Eye
To increase coverage the Seventh Air Force (7 AF) requested airborne radar support and the Air Defense Command(redesignated Aerospace Defense Command in 1968) was directed to set up the Big Eye Task Force. Five EC-121Ds and 100 support personnel of the 552nd AEWCW at McClellan AFB were deployed to Tainan Air Station, Taiwan, with four of the EC-121s sent on to a forward operating location at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, near Saigon, Republic of Vietnam.
