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Lockheed C-130 Hercules The EC-130H Compass Call is an electronic attack aircraft flown by the United States Air Force . Based on the Lockheed C-130 Hercules , the aircraft is heavily modified to disrupt enemy command and control communications, perform offensive counterinformation operations, and carry out other kinds of electronic attacks.
The KC-130 tankers, originally C-130F procured for the US Marine Corps (USMC) in 1958 (under the designation GV-1) are equipped with a removable 3,600 US gallons (14,000 L) stainless steel fuel tank carried inside the cargo compartment. The two wing-mounted hose and drogue aerial refueling pods each transfer up to 300 US gallons per minute ...
The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are integrated with sensors , navigation , and fire-control systems .
The Philippine defense secretary says at least 17 people have been killed and 40 rescued in the crash of a Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying troops in a southern province. Defense ...
The three variants are EC-130 ABCCC, EC-130E Commando Solo, and the EC-130J Commando Solo. The version currently in service is the EC-130J, as the last EC-130E was retired from service in 2006. The USAF plans to begin replacing the 15 EC-130H Compass Call aircraft in 2020 with a commercial airframe transplanted with the Compass Call's ...
Tanker 122, Cal Fire’s first operational C-130H, was on full display Thursday at Cal Fire’s aviation headquarters at McClellan Airport. The aircraft is one of seven C-130 Hercules that the ...
Australia's black summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 saw over 2000 homes destroyed, 24.3 million hectares (60 million acres) of land burnt, and 34 deaths on Australia's east coast. [2] As part of the firefighting efforts, many small and large aircraft were used for both aerial firefighting and to provide emergency services with information on ...
USCG HC-130H flying in Hawaii, 2015. A USAF HC-130P refuels an HH-3E Jolly Green Giant, 1968. USCG HC-130H on International Ice Patrol duties. The Lockheed HC-130 is an extended-range, search and rescue (SAR)/combat search and rescue (CSAR) version of the C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft, with two different versions operated by two separate services in the U.S. armed forces.