Compass Call & Stratotanker

(UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)

07.07.2007

Courtesy Photo

United States Air Forces Central       

An EC-130 Compass Call from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., waits to take off at a deployed location in Southwest Asia while a KC-135R Stratotanker prepares for another refueling sortie. The EC-130H Compass Call is an airborne tactical weapon system using a heavily modified version of the C-130 Hercules airframe. The system disrupts enemy command and control communications and limits adversary coordination essential for enemy force management. The Compass Call system employs the offensive counter-information and electronic attack capabilities in support of U.S. and coalition tactical air, surface, and special operations forces. Programmed upgrades will expand its mission by procuring a secondary EA capability against early warning and acquisition radars. The KC-135 Stratotanker's principal mission is air refueling. This unique asset greatly enhances the Air Force's capability to accomplish its primary missions of global reach and global power. It also provides aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft as well as aircraft of allied nations. The KC-135 is also capable of transporting litter and ambulatory patients using patient support pallets during aeromedical evacuations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clark Staehle)

• Date Taken: 07.07.2007
• Date Posted: 07.11.2007 13:23
• Photo ID: 49683
• VIRIN: 070629-F-5016S-003
• Resolution: 1400x842
• Size: 726.51 KB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)