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USAF Considering Addition of 12 EC-37B Compass Call to Planned 10

USAF Considering Addition of 12 EC-37B Compass Call to Planned 10
Members of the 55th Electronic Combat Group stand in formation for the final flight of EC-130H Compass Call Tail Number 1567 at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. on Jan. 15, 2020. 1567 was the first Compass Call received by the Air Force in 1982 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force may want to buy an additional 12 EC-37B Compass Call aircraft by BAE Systems and  L3Harris Technologies [LHX] to counter threats in the Indo-Pacific. Congressional lawmakers are asking the Air Force whether it could field the aircraft by 2027. The service is planning to field 10 EC-37Bs to replace the EC-130H, which uses electronic attack and counter-information to disrupt adversary communications and navigation and to suppress air defenses. The Air Force accepted the first EC-130H in…

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