ORAC
25th Mar 2024, 08:14
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/03/22/air-force-to-add-5-new-compass-call-electronic-attack-planes-in-2025/
Air Force to add 5 new Compass Call electronic-attack planes in 2025
The Air Force plans to add five EA-37B Compass Call electronic-attack aircraft to its arsenal in the coming fiscal year, as it swaps out the aging EC-130H fleet for a smaller, modern set of airborne jammers.
The service noted their arrival in budget documents released March 11. The first of 10 EA-37Bs was delivered to the Air Force (https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/09/12/us-air-force-receives-first-new-compass-call-electronic-warfare-plane/)last year for testing — two years later than anticipated — before heading to its eventual home at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Delivery of the first mission-ready jet is expected sometime in 2024.
It’s unclear to what extent the first five aircraft will be used in testing or if they will enter regular operations as they come online. Air Combat Command, which manages the fleet, declined to provide more details about the jets.….
The 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron at Davis-Monthan will be the first to transition to the new Compass Call, which began flying in the 1980s. As it prepares to replace old with new, the squadron logged its final flight in an EC-130H (https://www.offutt.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3692241/43rd-ecs-transitions-to-ea-37b/) on Feb. 15.….
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Air Force to add 5 new Compass Call electronic-attack planes in 2025
The Air Force plans to add five EA-37B Compass Call electronic-attack aircraft to its arsenal in the coming fiscal year, as it swaps out the aging EC-130H fleet for a smaller, modern set of airborne jammers.
The service noted their arrival in budget documents released March 11. The first of 10 EA-37Bs was delivered to the Air Force (https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/09/12/us-air-force-receives-first-new-compass-call-electronic-warfare-plane/)last year for testing — two years later than anticipated — before heading to its eventual home at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Delivery of the first mission-ready jet is expected sometime in 2024.
It’s unclear to what extent the first five aircraft will be used in testing or if they will enter regular operations as they come online. Air Combat Command, which manages the fleet, declined to provide more details about the jets.….
The 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron at Davis-Monthan will be the first to transition to the new Compass Call, which began flying in the 1980s. As it prepares to replace old with new, the squadron logged its final flight in an EC-130H (https://www.offutt.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3692241/43rd-ecs-transitions-to-ea-37b/) on Feb. 15.….
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