After a long pause and update work at Gifu the unique EC-1 is flying again from its homebase Iruma. This was a really lucky catch there, and I was not less excited to see it as were also all the other local spotters this day.
The EC-1 was a unique modification of the C-1 cargo aircraft for electronic reconnaissance missions. But it is no more as has been re-modified to a normal C-1 again.