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Anonymous ID: fae362 June 1, 2020, 5:25 a.m. No.9410444   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0582

Planefags catch any Gulfstream BizJets over DC during Blackout?

 

It's Official, the USAF's Next Jamming Plane Will Be a Gulfstream BizJet

 

The US military is finding this type of aircraft increasingly attractive for various specialized missions.

By Joseph TrevithickSeptember 8, 2017

 

After weathering Congressional backlash and industry protests, the U.S. Air Force has awarded a contract for new jamming aircraft based on the Gulfstream G550 business jet. The decision puts the service on a road to finally replacing the aging, but important EC-130H Compass Call fleet and could prompt an increasing use of similar aircraft for specialized missions throughout the U.S. military.

 

On Sept. 7, 2017, the Air Force confirmed it had signed the long awaited deal with L3 to migrate the Compass Call equipment onto a new plane. As part of the plan, the defense contractor had the authority to choose the final platform, in this case the G550.

 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14190/its-official-the-usafs-next-jamming-plane-will-be-a-gulfstream-bizjet

Anonymous ID: fae362 June 1, 2020, 5:42 a.m. No.9410582   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>9410444

trips and nothing from you fags

 

based on the Gulfstream G550 business jet.

 

Planefags, be on lookout for G550 around protest zones.

 

Denying the enemy the ability to communicate is often equated with denying them the opportunity for victory. As the battle for Mosul continues in the drive to push the Islamic State from Iraq, the U.S Air Force is flying one of its most effective yet least known aircraft, the EC-130H Compass Call, on daily missions to deny ISIS military leaders and fighters the ability to communicate and coordinate defensive actions by shutting down their cell phones, radios, IEDs and very likely their new weapon of choice, drones.

 

Compass Call is not a household name like F-16 or F-15. Yet it’s one of the most important aircraft the U.S. Air Force has ever produced, and unlike so many defense projects that have struggled through their infancy, or even into adulthood, the 14 EC-130H airframes have been providing a robust airborne electronic attack since 1989 when they provided support to U.S Army Rangers during Operation Just Cause in Panama.

 

And this near-anonymity is what almost caused half of the airframes to be retired under a proposed Air Force budget request in 2015.