🎖️ MilitaryTask & PurposeSaturday, September 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM UTC5d ago

Last of Air Force’s longest-deployed planes finally gets to retire

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A secretive squadron of EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare planes set a record of 19 straight years deployed. The last of the planes took its final flight this month

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Last of Air Force’s longest-deployed planes finally gets to retire

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