Lockheed EC-121Q Super Constellation #1
by Arthur Eggers
Title
Lockheed EC-121Q Super Constellation #1
Artist
Arthur Eggers
Medium
Digital Art - Color Print
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A U.S. Air Force Lockheed EC-121Q Warning Star (S/N 53-0541) of the 552nd Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEWC) Wing at McCoy Air Force Base, Florida, monitored and tracked the arrival of U-2 photoreconnaissance aircraft that frequently flew photograph missions over Cuba. The 966th AEWC Squadron had a dual mission: monitoring activity in Cuban airspace and flying �Gold Digger� missions. Gold Digger missions flew at or near fifty feet in altitude, creating large rooster tails on the Gulf off the Florida Keys from their prop wash. A typical Gold Digger mission was flown over water between Cuba and the Florida coast to continuously track the U-2 in case it encountered problems. On October 14, 1962, a United States U-2 captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba as early as August. Photoreconnaissance found SA-2, surface-to-air missile sites at eight different locations. After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 552nd AEWCW had administrative control of the 966th AEWCS EC-121Q�s, based at McCoy Air Force Base, Florida.
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January 19th, 2013
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