The new EC-130H Compass Call Block 30 Aircraft, 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron (ECS), arrives at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, on 11 March 1997. The Compass Call (CC) aircraft jams hostile communications, radar, and other electromagnetic systems in support of Commander In CHIEF (CINC) objectives. Employed as a standoff electronic attack (EA) system, CC generally operates outside the range of known ground threats
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
State: Arizona (AZ)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
Scene Camera Operator: AMN Elizabeth J. Harris, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
11/03/1997
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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