 The EC-130J Commando Solo, a specially-modified four-engine Hercules transport, conducts information operations, military information support operations and civil affairs broadcasts in AM, FM, HF, TV and military communications bands. A typical mission consists of a single-ship orbit offset from the desired target audience - either military or civilian personnel. The Air Force Special Operations Command's 193rd Special Operations Wing, Middletown, Pa., has total responsibility for the Commando Solo missions. Read full fact sheet. |
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193rd Highlights 
As the only airborne psychological operations broadcasting unit, the 193rd Special Operations Wing maintains a very high operations tempo and deploys in numerous contingencies throughout the world. The airborne radio and television broadcast mission originated in the mid-1960s with the EC-121 (known as Coronet Solo). The mission later transitioned to the EC-130E (1980) and eventually to the EC-130J (2004). 