Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star

Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star adalah pesawat pengintai (reconnaissance aircraft) sayap rendah (low wing) dan radar peringatan dini Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat dan Angkatan udara Amerika Serikat. Sebuah versi militer dari Lockheed Constellation, ia dirancang untuk berfungsi sebagai sistem peringatan dini udara untuk melengkapi Distant Early Warning Line, menggunakan dua buah pemindai, kubah vertikal di atas dan satu horisontal di bawah badan pesawat.

EC-121 juga digunakan untuk pengumpulan intelijen (SIGINT).

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 Pranala luar 

 National Museum of the United States Air Force
 Airborne Early Warning Association website
 Larry Westin EC-121R Batcat site
 Dean Boys EC-121 page
 Dean Boys 552 AEWCW site
 Willy Victor (WV-2) Page 
 Copy of Time Magazine article, April 25, 1969, on EC-121 shootdown

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