Editing Lockheed EC-130 (section)

==Variants==
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[[File:EC-130Q TACAMO VQ-4 in flight 1984.jpg|thumb|right|A [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[TACAMO]] EC-130Q of VQ-4, in 1984.]]
;EC-130E ABCCC : Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center variant. Retired in 2002. Operated by the [[7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron|7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron]], later by the [[42nd Electronic Combat Squadron|42nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warriorlodge.com/pages/lockheed-ec-130|access-date=10 April 2020|title=LOCKHEED EC-130}}</ref>
;EC-130E Commando Solo : Operated in the airborne radio and television broadcast mission from 1980. Replaced by EC-130J Commando Solo III aircraft in 2004.<ref name=EC-130Jfacts/>
;EC-130E Rivet Rider : A version of the Commando Solo.<ref>[http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/89729/ec-130e-commando-solo.html EC-130E Commando Solo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310102324/http://tech.military.com/equipment/view/89729/ec-130e-commando-solo.html |date=10 March 2012 }}. military.com</ref> Modifications include: VHF and UHF Worldwide format color TV, vertical trailing wire antenna, infra-red countermeasures [chaff/flare dispensers plus infrared jammers], fire suppressant foam in fuel tank, radar warning receiver, self-contained navigation system. The modification added a pair of underwing pylon mounted 23X6 foot equipment pods, along with X-antennae mounted on both sides of the vertical fin.<ref name=75FSbio>{{cite web|url=http://media.leeds.ac.uk/papers/vp01bc0c.html|access-date=9 April 2020|title=PSYOP Equipment by FAS}}</ref>
;EC-130G: four U.S. Navy C-130G (USAF C-130E) fitted with VLF transmitters to provide communications with ballistic missile submarines. Operational from December 1963 to August 1993<ref name=OLD_TACAMOfacts>{{cite web|url=http://www.vaq34.com/oldtacamo/|access-date=10 April 2020|title=OLD_TACAMO}}</ref>[[File:EC-130J Commando Solo-193rd2020(cropped).png|thumb|EC-130J Commando Solo from the 193rd Special Operations Squadron takes flight from [[Harrisburg Air National Guard Base]]]]
;[[EC-130H Compass Call]] : Electronic Warfare variant. Its system disrupts enemy command and control communications. Employs offensive counterinformation and electronic attack capabilities. Used by the [[55th Electronic Combat Group]], [[Davis-Monthan Air Force Base]].<ref name=EC-130Hfacts/>
;EC-130J Commando Solo III : A modified [[C-130J Hercules]] used to conduct [[Psychological Operations (United States)|psychological operations]] (PSYOP) and civil affairs broadcast missions in the standard AM, FM, HF, TV, and military communications bands. Operated by the [[193rd Special Operations Wing]], [[Pennsylvania Air National Guard]].<ref name=EC-130Jfacts/> The EC-130J Commando Solo is a modified C-130J used for broadcast and psyops, while the EC-130J Super J is a modified C-130J used for special operations forces mobility and psyops. Operational from 2003 to Sept. 17, 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theaviationist.com/2022/09/19/ec-130j-final-broadcast/ | title=EC-130J Psychological Warfare Aircraft Performs Final Broadcast | date=19 September 2022 }}</ref> As part of AFSOC's multimission fleet consolidation the [[MC-130J Commando II]] is replacing both Commando Solo and Super-J.
;EC-130Q : U.S. Navy version of the C-130H, fitted with VLF transmitters to provide communications with ballistic missile submarines. 18 were built. Operational from December 1963 to August 1993<ref name=OLD_TACAMOfacts/>
;EC-130V : [[Airborne early warning and control]] variant used by [[USCG]] for counter-narcotics missions in 1991.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ec-130v.htm "Lockheed EC-130V Hercules."] ''Military Analysis Network, Federation of American Scientists,'' 10 February 1998. Retrieved 2 October 2010.</ref> It was used by the U.S. Navy 1992–1994 and then by the USAF as NC-130H.