USAF MC-12 Liberty Takes Off On First Combat Mission

[Matt Molnar]

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The US Air Force's first Hawker Beechcraft MC-12W Liberty intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) plane took off on its first combat mission yesterday. It is based on the King Air 350.
:arrow: MC-12 Liberty: The Air Force’s New Eye in the Sky (http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/4321237.html) [Popular Mechanics]

[Nick]

The Army flies a ton of these overseas.

[cancidas]

The Army flies a ton of these overseas.
the RC-12Ks the army flies and a lot of the UC-12s still left stateside are based off the B200 airframe. the -350 is quite a bit bigger.