X user @Arr3ch0 posted video of an EC-130H Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft and an E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) active on Friday in Puerto Rico, sourced from Instagram user pinchito.avgeek, in a post during the 29-minute period ending at 1:45 a.m. UTC on Dec. 29, 2025. The video emerges amid U.S. military deployments to Puerto Rico bases including Rafael Hernandez Airport here, where personnel emplaced fence covers to obscure Special Operations Command movements, as reported by X users @ianellisjones and @SA_Defensa over the prior hour ending at 1:15 a.m. UTC. These assets follow forward deployment of 10 MQ-9A Reaper drones, 11 CV-22B Ospreys, 10 MC-130J Commando IIs, and 36 fighter aircraft to Puerto Rico bases, according to @ianellisjones citing @LatAmMilMVMTs, continuing U.S. Southern Command's Operation Southern Spear against Caribbean terrorist networks announced Dec. 28.
