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One of USAF and US Navy iconic aircraft, the Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star or Constellation, Connie, Willie Victor was the active AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) up to 1978 when the Boeing E-3 Sentry took itās place.
The Navy nicknameĀ āWillie Victorā is because of the pre-1962 Navyās āWVā designation of the aircraft.
The EC-121D Warning Star was retired in 1978 but one modified EW aircraft remained in service with the Navy up to 1982.
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EC-121T AF Serial No. 52-3425 on display at Peterson AFB in Colorado
WC-121N of VW-4 Hurricane Hunters in 1967
Batcat
EC-121R Batcat
During theĀ Vietnam WarĀ some 30 EC-121s were modified from U.S. Navy WV-2 and WV-3 early warning Constellations for use with ground sensors to detect enemy troop movements along theĀ Ho Chi Minh Trail, and 25 were deployed to Southeast Asia, atĀ Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, as a part ofĀ Operation Igloo White.Ā The resultingĀ EC-121RĀ configuration was nicknamed theĀ Batcat.Ā Two Batcats were lost during the war, with the loss of 22 crewmen, one in a takeoff accident during a thunderstorm on 25 April 1969, the other on 6 September 1969, in a landing accident. Four Thai civilians on the ground were also killed in the second crash.
Batcat EC-121s were camouflaged in the standard three-color Southeast Asia scheme while the College Eye/Disco early warning aircraft were not. BatCat missions were 18 hours in length, with eight hours on station at one of 11 color-coded orbits used during their five-year history, three of which were over South Vietnam, six over Laos, one over Cambodia, and one over the Gulf of Tonkin.
EC-121Rs were operated by the 553rd and 554th Reconnaissance Squadrons of the 553rd Reconnaissance Wing, between 19 October 1967 and 15 December 1970, with approximately 20 Batcats on hand at any one time. The Wing was inactivated 15 December 1970, and the 554th RS relocated toNakhon Phanom RTAFBĀ to flyĀ QU-22Ā sensor monitors nicknamed "Baby Bats". Initially with 11 aircraft, the 553rd RS continued operations for another year, gradually returning aircraft and crews to the United States. The final Batcat mission was flown 5 December 1971. The last remaining administrative and support personnel returned toĀ Otis Air Force Base,Ā Massachusetts, in January 1972.
An Atlantic barrier WV-2 of VW-15 overfliesĀ USSĀ SellstromĀ off Newfoundland in 1957.
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The propeller-driven EC-121 was constructed to serve as an early warning system to supplement theĀ Distant Early Warning Line, using two large radomes above and below its fuselage.
