▁Air ▁Force ▁Special ▁Oper ations ▁Command ▁( AF SO C ) ▁are ▁scheduled ▁to ▁be ▁replaced ▁by ▁new - production ▁MC - 1 3 0 J ▁versions . ▁The ▁EC - 1 3 0 ▁Comm ando ▁Solo ▁is ▁another ▁special ▁miss ions ▁variant ▁within ▁AF SO C , ▁al beit ▁operated ▁sole ly ▁by ▁an ▁AF SO C - g ained ▁wing ▁in ▁the ▁Pennsylvania ▁Air ▁National ▁Guard , ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁psych ological ▁operations / information ▁operations ▁( PS Y OP / IO ) ▁platform ▁equ ipped ▁as ▁an ▁aer ial ▁radio ▁station ▁and ▁television ▁stations ▁able ▁to ▁transmit ▁mess aging ▁over ▁commercial ▁frequencies . ▁Other ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁EC - 1 3 0 , ▁most ▁not ably ▁the ▁EC - 1 3 0 H ▁Com pass ▁Call , ▁are ▁also ▁special ▁variants , ▁but ▁are ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁Air ▁Com bat ▁Command ▁( AC C ). ▁The ▁AC - 1 3 0 ▁gun ship ▁was ▁first ▁developed ▁during ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War ▁to ▁provide ▁close ▁air ▁support ▁and ▁other ▁ground - att ack ▁duties . ▁ ▁The ▁H C - 1 3 0 ▁is ▁a ▁family ▁of ▁long - range ▁search ▁and ▁rescue ▁variants ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁US AF ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Coast ▁Guard . ▁E qui pped ▁for ▁deep ▁deployment ▁of ▁Par ares cu emen ▁( P Js ), ▁surv ival ▁equipment , ▁and ▁( in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁US AF ▁versions ) ▁aer ial ▁ref uel ing ▁of ▁combat ▁rescue ▁hel ic op ters , ▁H C