File:Lockheed EC-121D at Korat Sep 1970.jpg
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A U.S. Air Force Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star (s/n 53-555) of the 552nd Airborne Early Warning & Control Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in September 1970. The crew of this aircraft made the first radar-guided intercept on 24 Oct 1967, when it was operationg over the Gulf of Tonkin and directed two USAF McDonnell F-4C Phantom II fighters to destruct a North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. The aircraft is today on display at National Museum of the USAF. Note the EC-121Rs in the background.
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| current | 07:07, 12 January 2017 | | 935 × 707 (128 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | A U.S. Air Force Lockheed EC-121D <i>Warning Star</i> (s/n 53-555) of the 552nd Airborne Early Warning & Control Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in September 1970. The crew of this aircraft made the first radar-guided intercept on 24 Oct 1967, when it was operationg over the Gulf of Tonkin and directed two USAF McDonnell F-4C <i>Phantom II</i> fighters to destruct a North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21. The aircraft is today on display at National Museum of the USAF. Note the EC-121Rs in the background. |
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