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Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 05:16:09 MT

AEROTIME · DEFENSE

US AIR FORCE RETIRES EC-130H COMPASS CALL AFTER FINAL ARIZONA FLIGHT...

The final EC-130H Compass Call sortie was flown by the US Air Force on September 2, 2026, closing out more than four decades of front-line service for the electronic attack aircraft.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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