Airmen at Barksdale AFB, La., worked with a television crew filming a segment on the B-52 bomber for its “Weapons That Changed the World” series. The venerable bomber’s piece is slated to air in January.
‘Angry Kitten’ EW Pod Tested on Search-and-Rescue HC-130
April 17, 2026
The Air Force recently tested its “Angry Kitten” electronic warfare pod on an HC-130J during Exercise Bamboo Shield, showing the pod can turn the rescue platform into a command-and-control node and protect it from enemy radars.The tests follow what could be the pod’s first use in combat after it was…