An EC-130J Commando Solo (00-1934/STEEL74) of the 193 SOS, operating out of Sigonella, in Italy, became particularly famous in 2011, during the Libya Air War. The aircraft broadcast messages both ...

Until Jul. 29, 2011, only two types of PSYchological OPerationS (PSYOPS) had been reported from Libya. The first, is the typical, world famous message broadcasting performed by the USAF EC-130J ...

The EC-130J is used to conduct psychological warfare and civil affairs broadcast missions over radio, television and military communication frequencies. While the MC-130J flies clandestine or low ...

The 193rd Special Operations Wing in Lower Swatara Township today celebrated the start of a new mission thanks to the arrival of a sophisticated aircraft. The newly-built MC-130J Commando II from ...

The US Air Force (USAF) Rapid Dragon Program conducted the first end-to-end system-level demonstration of an airdropped Palletized Munition Deployment System in July, releasing simulant AGM-158B Joint ...

Six-year, $4 billion contract from US Air Force and Marine Corps covers 40 transports and 20 tankers Lockheed Martin has begun work on the next block upgrade for the C-130J, to be funded out of cost ...

The U.S. Air Force EC-130J Commando Solo is a specially-modified four-engine Hercules transport plane designed to conduct Military Information Support Operations (MISO), psychological operations ...

The 58th Special Operations Wing is now home to both the first and the final MC-130Js. On Jan. 14, 2025, the United States Air Force Special Operations Command's 58th Special Operations Wing welcomed ...

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (WHTM) – A new MC-130J Commando II aircraft was accepted by the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 193rd Special Operations Wing, in partnership with Lockheed Martin, during a special ...

SINGAPORE, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- From combat delivery missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, to humanitarian relief flights in the Indian Ocean, to literally ...