Distant Early Warning Line
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The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the north coast
POW-2, now Oliktok Long Range Radar Site
The LeTourneau snow train in Alaska
DEW line station formerly at Point Lay, Alaska.
A DYE station in western Greenland is visible in the distance beyond the snow-drifted equipment pallets in the foreground of this photograph.
Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star
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The Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star is an American airborne early warning and control radar surveillance aircraft operational in the 1950s in both the United States Navy and United States Air Force.
Distant Early Warning Line
…stations, dubbed "Texas Towers", a surface naval force of 12 radar picket destroyer escorts and 16 Guardian-class radar picket ships, and an air wing of Lockheed WV-2 Warning Star aircraft that patrolled the picket lines at an altitude of 1,000–2,000 m (3,300–6,600 ft) in 12- to 14-hour missions. Their objective was to extend…
EC-121T Warning Star
Second PO-1W prototype at NAS Barbers Point 1952
Third production WV-2 in flight 1954
BARLANT WV-2 of VW-15 overflies USS Sellstrom off Newfoundland in 1957