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This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

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
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

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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Internet Sources
Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Ralph M. Pettersens Constellation Survivors Website by Ralph M. Pettersen
U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
Wikipedia

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Terry Fletcher
Mike Henniger
Max Sabin

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