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Vol. 14, No. 8                 Serving Southern Arizona’s military community, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base        August 2021
                       Look for expanded coverage in the digital edition of Desert Lightning News and on
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               INSIDE                          55th ECG performs Elephant Walk




                                                        by Senior Airman
             StorIES                                   JACoB STepheNS

             Monsoon season prep, 2                     355th Wing Public Affairs
             Reservists earn top honors, 3      The 55th Electronic Combat Group
             Tactical ball cap, 4             performed a show-of-force readiness ex-
                                               ercise at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,
             AF puts future plans for D-M     June 28.
              on hold, 5                         The 55th ECG, the group responsible
             15th AF command chief visit,     for operating and maintaining the Air
              6/7                              Force’s only airborne electronic attack
                                               platform, executed an elephant walk,
             New unit activated, 8            which is where aircraft taxi in mass
             755th OSS instructs future       formation, using all seven non-deployed
              force, 9                         EC-130H Compass Calls.
                                                 “The purpose is to showcase our sor-
             FEAtUrE






                                                                                                                                        Senior Airman Blake Gonzales
                                                                                                                                 A pilot from the 55th Electron-
                                                                                                                                 ic Combat Group walks toward
                                                                                                                                 a U.S. Air Force EC-130H
                                                                                                                                 Compass Call on the flight
                                                                                                                                 line during a show-of-force
                                                                                                                                 readiness exercise at Davis-
                    Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens                                                                              Monthan Air Force Base, June
                 TacTical Ball cap                                                                                               28. The 55th ECG executed
                                  See Page 4                                                                                     this exercise using seven EC-
                                                                                                                                 130Hs that taxied, took off and
                                                                                                                                 performed simulated combat
                                                                                                                                 sorties.
                                                                                                                                 LEFT: A group of U.S. Air Force
                                                                                                                                 EC-130H Compass Calls sit on
             Continue to get Davis-Monthan                                                                                       the flight line during a show-of-
             Air Force Base latest news and                                                                                      force readiness exercise at Davis-
             information from these sources:                                                       Senior Airman Blake Gonzales   Monthan Air Force Base, June 28.
                http://www.aerotechnews.
                 com/davis-monthanafb                          tie generation capability,” said  Capt.                                     LEFT: A U.S. Air
                    and social media           Charles Wilson, 43rd Electronic Combat                                                      Force EC-130H Com-
                   Desert Lightning News       Squadron pilot. “This emphasizes how we                                                     pass Call taxis down
                                               will dominate an increasingly contested                                                     the flight line during a
                Date of publication            electromagnetic spectrum now and in the                                                     show-of-force readi-
                  First Friday                 future. Today, we demonstrated that we                                                      ness exercise at Da-
                    of the month               can successfully employ this new concept                                                    vis-Monthan Air Force
                                               of operations and provide it to combatant                                                   Base, June 28. This
               Submission deadline             commanders.”                                                                                event showcased the
            15th day of the month                This proved a new mission commander                                                       55th Electronic Com-
            prior to date of publication       multi-ship operations syllabus, which is                                                    bat Group’s ability
                                               being developed to provide greater capa-
                                                                                                                                           to rapidly generate
                Veterans                       bility within the agile combat employ-                                                      multi-ship, combat-
                                               ment concept. This event also showcased
                                                                                                                                           ready sorties with any
                   Tell us Your Story          the group’s ability to rapidly generate                                                     of their aircraft, en-
             Active-duty, Reserve, Retirees    multi-ship, combat-ready sorties with                                                       suring quick reaction
            All military branches are included  any of their aircraft, ensuring quick reac-                                                and counter-com-
            Email name, phone number and a     tion, counter-communication and counter                                                     munication airpower
            brief description of your service to  radar airpower ready anywhere, anytime.                                                  is ready anywhere,
                amy@aerotechnews.com
                                                                     See EcG, Page 10                             Senior Airman Jacob T. Stephens   anytime.
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