EC-121 WARNING STAR
Item no. 80311
GTIN 3279510803112
Scale 1:72
Parts 105
Packaging 100 x 665 x 335 mm
The military version of Lockheed‘s Super Constellation 1049 airliner and predecessor of Boeing‘s
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 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 able to cover the fleet thanks to its Distant Early Warning (DEW) system. 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.
This was the first successful airborne-controlled attack. The EC-121s were also used to collect
electronic signals intelligence, support the Apollo space programme, and in other coordination
operations for the armed forces.
Price:39,99 €
| 厂商 | Heller |
| 系列 | Heller飞机模型系列 |
| 级别或分类 | Heller军用飞机 |
| 价格 | 39.99欧元 |
| 名称 | 80311 1/72 EC-121 WARNING STAR |
| 版本 | 普通版 |
| 编号 | 80311 |
| 比例 | 1/72 |
| 材料种类 | 塑料 |
| 规格 | 492*521mm |
| 玩具分类 | 塑料拼装模型 |
| 参与创建 | wendykan |
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