Previously Held AFSC/MOS 27330A-Apprentice Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27350A-Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27350-Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27370A-Aircraft Control and Warning Technician
27370-Aircraft Control and Warning Operator
27650-Aerospace Control and Warning Systems Operator
27670-Aerospace Control and Warning Systems Technician
After retiring from the Air Force, I went to Vo-Tech to use my G.I. Bill (Hotel/Motel Management and Electronics). Went to work for Wal-Mart as Electronic Department Manager. Retired after seven years. Started my own Electronic Repair business for a few years. After 9-11, went to work for Homeland Security training TSA personnel. After two and a half years, got tired of living out of a suitcase because I traveled so much to many different airports around the states, so I retired from them also. Now Momma and I travel a lot, gardening, fishing, and casino gambling. Active in the Chief's Group at Eglin AFB, FL.
1959-1960, EC-121 Warning Star
From Year 1959
To Year 1960
Personal Memories
Loved those 18 hour flights off the coast of Washington state.
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EC-121 Warning Star Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star was a US Air Force/US Navy airborne early warning radar surveillance aircraft. A military version of the Lockheed 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. EC-121's were also used for intelligence gathering (SIGINT).
It was introduced in 1955 and retired from service in 1978, although a single specially-modified EW aircraft remained in service with the U.S. Navy until 1982. The US Navy versions when initially procured were designated 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 E-3 Sentry AWACS. U.S. Air Force aircrews adopted the civil nickname, "Connie" (diminutive of Constellation) as reference.
