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Airframe Details for C-130 #4563

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4563 (73-1594)
USAF EC-130H #73-1594 from the 43rd ECS on August 30, 1987 banking to the right over the German countryside. The EC-130H "Compass Call" aircraft is based at Sembach AB. Its mission is to provide electronic countermeasures (ECM) to reduce enemy capability to wage war. [USAF photo by SSGT. Fernando Serna]
 LM Aero T/V 4563
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 73-594
C-130H
Current USAF 73-594
EC-130H
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 73-594 C-130H
Unknown [act] 73-594 USAF 314 TAW C-130H
Unknown [con] 73-594 EC-130H
Converted to EC-130H
Unknown [act] 73-594 USAF 41 ECS 'SB' EC-130H
USAF EC-130H #73-1594 on January 12, 1989 flying under the project name of Compass Call, is modified to confuse and disrupt enemy command and control operations by using a highly sophisticated electronic jamming system. [USAF photo by TSGT Fernando Serna]
Nov 1992 [act] 73-594 USAF 41 ECS 'DM' EC-130H
USAF EC-130H 73-1594 sits on the flight line while maintaners perform a routine check on it at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on November 1, 2006. The 41st ECS has flown more than 5,000 combat hours over the skies of Afghanistan. The aircraft and members from the squadron are deployed from Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. [USAF photo by Captain Vince King Jr.]
Sep 2015 [act] 73-594 USAF 41 ECS 'DM' EC-130H
USAF EC-130H Compass Call #73-1594 assigned to the 41st EECS lands at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on September 22, 2015. [USAF photo by TSgt. Joseph Swafford]


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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