- Current registration - N548GF
- Delivered to USAF August 1955 as RC-121D 53-548
- Redesignated EC-121D 1962 and later EC-121T
- To USAF Reserves by June 1976
- Retired and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage October 1978
- To Pima Air and Space Museum by September 1981
- Excess to needs of museum and sold to Wayne Jones/Global Aeronautical Foundation December 29, 1994 as N548GF with AEW radar system intact
- Restored and ferried from Davis Monthan AFB to Tucson International Airport, AZ April 14, 1995
- Ferried Tucson to Camarillo, CA April 15, 1995
- Based at Camarillo and flown on a limited west coast airshow circuit in USAF markings 30548
- Grounded in 2001 due to corrosion in outer wing panels
- Wing tip tanks removed August 2001 and repairs made to corroded areas in accordance with applicable Lockheed manuals. The affected areas were not chemically milled ribs
- Wayne Jones passed away in June 2002 and aircraft offered for sale in Trade-A-Plane the same month for $695,000
- Aircraft stored Camarillo, CA in reasonable condition
- Aircraft registered to Yanks Air Museum on January 24, 2006
- Aircraft restored to airworthy condition March thru May 2006
- FAA refuses to issue a ferry permit citing concerns about the aircraft's airworthiness
- Yanks completed FAA mandated corrosion repairs in April 2007 but FAA has still not issued a ferry permit
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