- Final registration - 54-160
- Delivered to USAF MATS Atlantic Division October 1955 as C-121C 54-160
- To Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) by 1963
- Converted to JC-121C for AFSC-ASD, Wright-Patterson AFB by October 1965
- Conversion involved the addition of dorsal and ventral radomes
- Converted to DC-121C May 1969 with addition of a gondola under the center fuselage
- Converted to EC-121C ~1970
- Retired and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage by 1971
- Offer for sale at Davis Monthan October 30, 1974
- To Allied Aircraft Sales February 1975 and still at scrapyard in 1981
- Scrapped by Oct 1982 only with only cockpit section remaining
- Cockpit section reportedly sold to a German vintage aircraft collector in 1984
- By 2003, cockpit section on display at Frankfurt International Airport, Germany
- Cockpit section removed from display for a short time due to terminal reconstruction.
- By March 2005, cockpit back on display in Terminal 2 near the display cases containing aircraft models
- Airport authority wants cockpit removed and reportedly offered for sale for 7,500 euros in February 2007
- Purchased by Antti Hyvärinen and arrived at the Finnish Aviation Museum in Helsinki for display on July 17, 2007
- Due to space constraints, cockpit moved to the Finnair training center near the Helsinki Airport in November 2007
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