[Answer] The 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard provides the only_____ platform in the Department of Defense with the EC-130 Commando Solo.

Answer: airborne psychological operations
The 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard provides the only_____ platform in the Department of Defense with the EC-130 Commando Solo.
The 193rd Special Operations Wing (193 SOW) is a unit of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard stationed at Harrisburg International Airport Middletown Pennsylvania. The Wing is gained by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when in a “state” status as well as by the United States Air Force and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) in its Federal capacity as part of the Air National Guard.
An EC-130 from the 193rd Special Operations Wing of the Air National Guard (ANG) also played a psy-war role. Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) James L. Hobson Jr. an MC-130 pilot and commander of the 8th Special Operations Squadron was later awarded the Mackay Trophy for his actions in leading the air drop on the Point Salines Airport.
The Air National Guard provides support for Psychological Operations using a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft named EC-130 COMMANDO SOLO operated by the 193d Special Operations Wing . The purpose of COMMANDO SOLO is to provide an aerial platform for broadcast media on both television and radio. The me…

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