EC-37B Compass Call

Aug- 2024 -

28 August

Air

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Andrew Small, 55th Wing command chief, Col. Mark Howard, 55th Wing commander, Lt. Gen. Thomas Hensley, 16th Air Force commander, Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of Air Combat Command, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Hopkins, 16th Air Force command chief, Lt. Col. Stephen Koether, 645th Aeronautical Systems Squadron Detachment 1 commander, Lt. Col. Jacob Arndt, 645 AESS Det 1 director of operations, and Maj. Mark Busby, 645 AESS Det 1 director of test, pose in front of aircraft 19-5591, ACC’s first EA-37B Compass Call delivered to Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, on Aug. 23, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)

Rojoef Manuel

First US Air Combat EA-37B Command Compass Call Aircraft Arrives in Arizona

The US Air Force - Air Combat Command has received its first EA-37B Compass Call at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona.

Sep- 2023 -

15 September

Air

The first EC-37B Compass Call delivered to the US Air Force

Ronald Watkins

US Air Force Receives First EC-37B Compass Call EW Aircraft

The US Air Force has received its first of 10 EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft for “formal combined developmental and operational testing.”

May- 2023 -

9 May

Air

EC-37B Compass Call Cross Deck electronic warfare aircraft

Rojoef Manuel

USAF ‘Missionized’ Compass Call EW Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight

L3Harris has completed its maiden flight of the US Air Force’s “missionized” EC-37B Compass Call Cross Deck electronic warfare jet in Texas.

Sep- 2022 -

23 September

Air

EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) aircraft.

Alie Peter Neil Galeon

BAE Delivers Final Hardware for USAF’s Compass Call EW Aircraft

BAE Systems has delivered the final key hardware for the US Air Force’s inaugural EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft.

Dec- 2021 -

2 December

Americas

BAE Systems graphic of the Compass Call weapon system cross-decked on a EC-37B. The current EC-130H model is in the background

Inder Singh Bisht

BAE Systems Upgrades Electronic Warfare Aircraft

BAE Systems has installed its advanced electronic warfare system onto the under-development EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft.

Oct- 2021 -

7 October

Americas

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Electronic Warfare Aircraft Conducts Maiden Flight

The US Air Force’s EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft completed its inaugural flight recently, developer L3Harris Technologies has announced.