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Special Operations.Com Mission: Compass Call is the designation for a modified version of the C-130 "Hercules" aircraft configured to perform tactical command, control, and communications countermeasures. Although Compass Call primarily supports interdiction and offensive counter-air campaigns, the truly versatile and flexible nature of the aircraft and its crew enable the power of EC to be brought to bear on virtually any combat situations. Compass Call is tasked by all the unified commands and therefore subject to worldwide deployment in support of tactical air/ground forces on very short notice. www.specialoperations.com /Aviation/EC_130/Compass_Call.htm   (485 words)

EC-130H Rivet Fire / Compass Call Compass Call is the designation for a modified version of Lockheed corporation's C-130 Hercules aircraft configured to perform tactical command, control and communications countermeasures or C3CM. COMPASS CALL provides a non-lethal means of denying and disrupting enemy command and control, degrading his combat capability and reducing losses to friendly forces. Although Compass Call primarily supports interdiction and offensive counter-air campaigns, the truly versatile and flexible nature of the aircraft and its crew enable the power of EC-130H to be brought to bear on virtually any combat situations. www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/ec-130h.htm   (993 words)

Air Force Link - Fact Sheet : EC-130H Compass Call   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Compass Call is in demand with all unified commands, and therefore, subject to worldwide deployment in support of operations on very short notice. Compass Call has demonstrated a powerful effect on enemy command and control networks in multiple military operations including Kosovo, Haiti, Panama, Iraq, Serbia and Afghanistan. All Compass Call aircraft are assigned to Air Combat Command. www.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=190   (390 words)

Electronic Warfare Working Group Library: Issue Brief COMPASS CALL is an Offensive Counter Information (OCI) warfare system designed to deny, degrade and disrupt adversary command, control and communications systems. COMPASS CALL was forced to penetrate enemy territory to provide the electronic cover needed by ground units, oftentimes orbiting within range of shoulder-fired missiles and anti-aircraft artillery. COMPASS CALL flew in every major engagement from the beginning of the ground war in mid-October 2001 until redeployment in late March 2002. www.house.gov /pitts/initiatives/ew/Library/Briefs/brief17.htm   (1003 words)

Enduring Freedom Saw Shift In Compass Call Mission Compass Call, 13 of which are based at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz, are specialized for radar and communications jamming and have a mission crew of nine. The Air Force used Compass Call during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the Balkan conflict to disrupt enemy tactical and strategic level communications, but OEF represented a shift to a ground-intensive jamming mission in which the planes came under fire. With the Block 35 upgrade, the Compass Call is to become more capable of low-frequency, early warning and acquisition radar jamming to fill a possible gap between the coming retirement of the EA-6Bs and a follow-on platform. home.datawest.net /dawog/vaq132/s20020415ea6b_compass_call_afghan.htm   (698 words)

Miltary Equipment Guides -EC130H Compass Call has demonstrated its powerful effect on enemy command and control networks in military operations over Kosovo, Haiti, Panama, Iraq, Serbia and Afghanistan. Four members are responsible for aircraft flight and navigation from the flight deck, while nine members operate and maintain the Compass Call primary mission equipment at the rear of the aircraft. The mission crew consists of an electronic warfare officer, who is the mission crew commander; an experienced cryptologic linguist is the mission crew supervisor; four analysis operators; one high band operator, one acquisition operator and an airborne maintenance technician. www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=EC130H&cat=a&lev=2   (541 words)

Compass Call (EC-130H) - Archived 6/1998 COMPASS CALL is employed as part of an integrated electronic combat package to complement both present and future air, ground, and sea-based systems to provide theater commanders with a coordinated jamming platform.. COMPASS CALL carries a variety of classified jamming and disruption systems which have proven very effective in testing and training situations. COMPASS CALL was part of the electronic combat force deployed to the Middle East. www.forecast1.com /archive/ew/ew3282.htm   (2019 words)

EC-130H COMPASS CALL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Compass Call is the designation of a modified version of Lockheed Corporation’s C-130 Hercules aircraft configured to perform tactical information warfare (IW). Compass Call is tasked by all the Unified commands, and therefore, subject to worldwide deployment in support of tactical air, ground, and amphibious forces on very short notice. The EC-130H Compass Call is operated by the 41st and 43d Electronic Combat Squadrons at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. www2.acc.af.mil /library/factsheets/ec-130h.html   (433 words)

EC-130 Commando Solo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The ABCCC is an Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center used as an airborne command post. Last, but not least, Compass Call is an airborne communications jamming platform. It was used extensively in the Gulf War disrupting Iraqi communications at both the strategic and tactical levels. www.encyclopedia-online.info /EC-130E   (461 words)

AF Recce The EC-130H COMPASS CALL is configured to perform tactical command, control, and communications countermeasures. COMPASS CALL is flown by the 355th Wing's 41st and 43rd Electronic Combat Squadrons at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ. I also flew as a COMPASS CALL crewmember deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, during Operation DESERT STORM from January-March 1991, and again during Operation PROVIDE COMFORT in April 1991. bushido_man.tripod.com /id8.html   (752 words)

Ec-130h Compass Call - Big Compass Guide The EC-130H Compass Call is the only US wide-area offensive information warfareplatform, Compass Call provides disruptive communications jamming and other... The EC-130H Compass Call is operated by the 41st and 43d ElectronicCombat Squadrons at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.... Compass Call is a modified version of the Air Forces C-130 Hercules aircraft,... www.bigcompassguide.com /ec-130h-compass-call.html   (526 words)

USAF Awards BAE SYSTEMS $53 Million for Compass Call Upgrades   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Compass Call is a modified version of the Air Force's C-130 Hercules aircraft, configured to perform tactical command, control and communications countermeasures. "Compass Call has been in high demand in every contingency over the past two decades," said Gene Thornhill, IEWS Compass Call Program Manager. Compass Call missions are flown primarily in support of tactical air operations but can also provide information warfare capabilities to ground and sea forces. www.iews.na.baesystems.com /business/02_news/082-2002.htm   (499 words)

[No title] Compass Call è la designazione di una versione modificata del C-130 Hercules configurata per fornire informazioni tattiche di guerra. Il Compass Call ha messo in mostra i suoi devastanti effetti sui network di comando e controllo nemici nelle operazioni militari in Kosovo, Haiti, Panama, Iraq, Serbia e Afghanistan. Il Compass Call è al servizio di tutti i comandi congiunti, quindi soggetto a rapido dispiegamento in qualsiasi parte del mondo a supporto di forze tattiche aeree e anfibie. web.tiscali.it /ivancorso/files_support/C-130_HERCULES.htm   (3728 words)

Raytheon Receives $19.7 Million for Compass Call Upgrade Kits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Compass Call is a U.S. Air Force offensive, standoff jamming aircraft that suspends enemy air defenses by blocking their defense systems with wide-area countermeasures. Compass Call collects and processes information, while denying the enemy's ability to do the same. Under the new contract, the company will outfit two Compass Call aircraft with a new system that expands frequency coverage and enhances their ability to process information. www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=683193&TICK=RTN3&STORY=/www/story/10-10-2001/0001588939&EDATE=Oct+10,+2001   (204 words)

Compass Call Ec-130h - Big Compass Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The EC-130H Compass Call is operated by the 41st and 43d Electronic Combat Squadrons at... The EC-130H Compass Call is the only US wide-area offensive information warfare... The Compass Call EC-130H is flown by the 355th Wings 41st and 43rd... www.bigcompassguide.com /compass-call-ec-130h.html   (733 words)

EC-130H Afghanistan Operations Highlight Need For Defensive Countermeasures In OEF, Compass Call aircraft operated closer to hostile air defense systems because, for the first time, they were used to specifically attack non-IADS based communications systems in direct support of ground forces (Defense Daily, April 15). The Compass Call aircraft were able to designate communications targets for the EA-6B during OEF. The Air Force plans to eventually equip its entire fleet of Compass Calls with the SPEAR pod, though such a plan is limited by funding. home.datawest.net /dawog/vaq132/s20020522ec-130h_compass_call.htm   (621 words)

All Wood Wings: EC-130H Compass Call, US Special Operations Compass Call is the designation for a modified version of Lockheed's C-130 Hercules aircraft configured to perform tactical command, control and communications countermeasures. The aircraft uses noise jamming to prevent communication or degrade the transfer of information essential to the enemy's command and control of weapon systems and other resources. The Compass Call EC-130H is flown by the 355th Wing's 41st and 43rd Electronic Combat Squadrons, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. www.allwoodwings.com /1-MilitaryPlanes/EC-130H,Hercules,CompassCall.htm   (520 words)

USAFE News Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) MEDITERRANEAN REGION (USAFENS) -- Aircrew from the 398th Air Expeditionary Group, return from a radar mission upon the EC-130H "Compass Call". The Compass Call is stationed at a forward deployed operating base located in the Mediterranean region in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Groundcrew from the 398th Air Expeditionary Group performs post-flight inspections on the EC-130H "Compass Call". www.usafe.af.mil /news/news03/uns03342.htm   (80 words)

Eye on Iraq - Preparations For A Conflict With Iraq: Critical Military Assets, Low Density/High Demand - Everybody Will ... Compass Call - The EC-130H is the only available wide-area offensive information warfare platform. Compass Call aircraft provide disruptive communications jamming and other unique capabilities to prevent an enemy's communications or degrade the transfer of information essential to command and control of weapon systems. The available Prowlers, however, will be called on heavily around the clock during combat operations with Iraq. www.cdi.org /terrorism/preparations.cfm   (1590 words)

EC130H & E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The EC-13 0H "Compass Call" and EC-130E "ABCCC" Aircraft There are two types of EC-130 aircraft flown at Davis-Monthan, these are the only EC-130's in the active duty Air Force inventory. They are the EC-130H "Compass Call" of the 41st and 43rd Electronic Combat Squadrons belonging to the 55th Wing Detachment. www.dm.af.mil /ec130eh.htm   (51 words)

combatindex.com - C-130 Mission: Compass Call is the designation of a modified version of the C-130 Hercules aircraft configured to perform tactical information warfare. Forming the "suppression of enemy air defenses triad," these forces jam communications and radar and destroy critical air defense and command and control targets. The EC-130H Compass Call is operated by the 41st and 43d Electronic Combat Squadrons at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Although located at Davis-Monthan, the squadrons report to the 55th Wing at Offutt AFB, Neb. www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/air/c-130.html   (2987 words)

BAESYSTEMS.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Under the first contract, IEWS will provide project management, technical leadership and support to produce the next-generation Compass Call Mission Crew Simulator (CCMCS). The simulator will train technical personnel on the current configuration of Compass Call and will assist aircrews with mission readiness. Compass Call has demonstrated its effectiveness on enemy command and control networks during U.S. Operations Just Cause and Desert Storm. www.baesystems.co.uk /newsroom/2001/120701news2.htm   (555 words)

C-130 Hercules By mounting a 105mm howitzer, two 20mm Vulcan cannon and one 40mm cannon, you have an extremely versatile loiterable gunship called the "Spectre". The original AC-130H had two 7.62mm miniguns and an extra 40mm cannon instead of the howitzer mounted, and was codenamed "Puff" for "Puff the Magic Dragon" (due to its visage during nightime operations, spitting fire, actually tracer rounds. EC-130H USAF "Compass Call" communications jammer equipment, operated by the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ. www.milnet.com /c-130.htm   (508 words)

DefendAmerica News - Profile Article The art was featured in the middle of a concrete wall used to deflect propeller wash from tactical and special operations aircraft flying in and out of this forward location. It is also at the centerpiece of a new version of the unit's original patch design that incorporates a rising sun background found on the existing 41st ECS patch. Positioned along the rest of the almost football-field-length wall with Alsvig's work are the artwork of more than a dozen similarly talented unit artists whose work goes back a few years. www.defendamerica.gov /profiles/feb2003/pr022903a.html   (693 words)

Advanced_Technology_Demo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The Big Safari program achieved a major milestone last month when an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft successfully combined with an RC-135 Rivet Joint and an F-16CJ to demonstrate how information platforms can be teamed with shooters to defeat time-critical targets. The modified Compass Call aircraft operated during the live-fly portions in several scenarios teamed with a RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft. Based on the success of these recent experiments, the Compass Call aircraft is expected to continue to play a crucial role in any future developments. www.bigsafariassociation.org /AdvTechDemo.htm   (210 words)

Staff Sgt. Carla West performs an inspection of a newly installed tailpipe assembly on an EC-130H Compass Call.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Staff Sgt. Carla West performs an inspection of a newly installed tailpipe assembly on an EC-130H Compass Call. Turboprop engine mechanic Staff Sgt. Carla West performs an inspection of a newly installed tailpipe assembly on an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft at the 41st Electronic Combat Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on Dec. 19, 1999. Compass Call is the designation for a modified version of a C-130 Hercules aircraft configured to perform tactical command, control and communications countermeasures. www.defense.gov /photos/Dec1999/991219-F-2907C-007.html   (140 words)

www.aerospace-index.com - Press Release - BAE SYSTEMS - KNM Media LLP BAE SYSTEMS RECEIVES U.S. BAE Systems recently received nearly $60 million in follow-on contracts from the U.S. Air Force for weapon-system upgrades to the EC-130H Compass Call aircraft. "For more than a decade, Compass Call has played a significant role in every major engagement including Operation Iraqi Freedom," said Jim Martin, BAE Systems director for Compass Call. IEWS has produced electronic hardware and software for Compass Call since the 1980s. www.aerospace-index.com /pressdet.php?id=424   (302 words)

TP: Krieger in den Datennetzen Was in den strategischen Analysen wie in den jede Horrormeldung aufgreifenden Medien allerdings nie genannt wird, ist der Ursprung dieses neuen Wettrüstens. Die Spezialversion EC-130H mit der Bezeichnung "Compass Call" verfügt über einen mit Elektronik vollgestopften Laderaum und diverse Antennen, mit denen die Funkverbindungen der gegnerischen Truppen abgehört, ausgewertet und gezielt gestört werden können. Dazu wurden von der EC-130H "Compass Call" hochfrequente Mikrowellen-Übertragungen abgehört, modifiziert und mit einem stärkeren Sender wieder ausgestrahlt. www.heise.de /tp/deutsch/special/info/7892/1.html   (6188 words)

c130 programs The EC-130H Compass Call aircraft has a mission crew of nine in addition to the normal flight crew. In 1980, Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract to provide two Compass Call/EC- 130H aircraft with support and spares to the USAF. The aircraft uses a number of high-power communications and radar jammers, aided by advanced computer controlled receivers to conduct command and control warfare and non-lethal suppression of enemy air defenses from the relative safety of flying behind the forward line of friendly troops. www.bigsafariassociation.org /c-130_pgms.htm   (596 words)

About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Ron first became active in Arizona real estate in 1980 and then put his career on hold to serve in the U.S. Air Force. Ron spent almost ten years on active duty as an airborne electronic warfare technician flying on EC-130H "Compass Call" aircraft. He was stationed in Tucson, Arizona and Germany and saw duty throughout Europe, the Orient, the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. www.arizonahomeadvice.com /about.asp   (177 words)

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