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What To Know About The Air Forces Secretive New EA-37B Electronic Warfare Aircraft

The new Gulfstream G550-based EA-37Bs are coming into service as the legacy EC-130H Hercules are retired.

With more air forces operating the Super Hercules, the military transports flight hours have now exceeded 3 million hours.

The venerable EC-130Hs have served the Air Force for decades and are now being retired in favor of smaller, sleeker electronic warfare aircraft.

Despite sharing the airframe, the two aircraft have different missions and functionalities.

The USAF operates various C-130 variants in a range of strategic missions.

The AC-130J Ghostrider reigns as the king of modern gunships and will provide massed, concentrated fire for ground support for years to come.

We’ve previously discussed the versatility of the C-130. Now we discuss *how* it adapts and demonstrates its versatility so readily.

Though bigger and faster military cargo planes have come, the C-130 keeps soldiering, and its features still make the ‘Herc’ an asset for the USAF.

A New Zealand C-130 Hercules successfully evacuated an American in need of medical attention from Antarctica to New Zealand.

The C-130 is still serving the USAF after 69 years. A major reason for this longevity is the plane’s amazing versatility.