In an uncharacteristic media release by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft have been reported as active in support of anti-ISIL operations in Iraq. The EC ...

The EC-130J used for PSYOPS retires. The EC-130J is a particular version of the EC-130 aircraft flying with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard and used for PSYchological OPerationS (PSYOPS).

Last year, the U.S. Air Force tried to retire most of its EC-130 Compass Call spy planes, worn from years of flying over Iraq and Afghanistan. Now service officials say replacements are needed ...

The EC-130 is designed for electronic warfare and is intended to disrupt enemy communications, radars, and command and control communications, as well as suppress air defenses.

The first C-130J earmarked for conversion into the new E-130J Phoenix II has rolled out of the factory, as shown in an image released by NAVAIR. Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, released the ...

The EC-130H Compass Call worked behind the scenes for two decades in Afghanistan, from supporting the arrival of special forces, to the bin Laden raid and the Kabul evacuation.

The U.S. Air Force has begun ripping the electronic-warfare gear out of its aging, propeller-driven EC-130H radar-jamming planes and installing it on much newer—and faster and higher-flying—EC ...

An EC-130SJ and a C-17A have airdropped pallets containing simulated cruise missiles during demonstrations at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the U.S. Air Force said on Aug. 20.

Eurocopter later this year will begin delivery of its next generation EC-130 T2 that will sport a new engine and almost a completely new airframe from its EC-130 predecessor.

EC-130 The last Air National Guard's EC-130E Commando Solo takes off above a C-130 Hercules for the final time at the Harrisburg International Airport on Monday, April 3, 2006.

The EC-130H CNS/ATM avionics suite will also address issues with diminishing manufacturing sources, lowering life cycle costs over the next 20 years, according to Rockwell Collins.