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| Afghanistan |
| USAF MC-12 recce bird goes down in AFG |
| 2014-01-11 |
| A U.S. military MC-12 plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan early Friday morning, killing three Americans. The plane was not struck by enemy fire, a defense official told ABC News, though a cause of the crash has not been released. “Two International Security Assistance Force service members and one ISAF civilian died following an aircraft mishap in eastern Afghanistan today,” a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... front man said in a statement to the Daily News. “It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities.” The MC-12 is traditionally used as a surveillance airplane, ABC News reports. The aircraft has multiple cameras, allowing an onboard technician to analyze data from different areas in real time. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 MC-12 is mil version of Cessna Queen Air. Actually, I believe it's based on the Beechcraft Super King Air, but I could be mistaken. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2014-01-11 18:22 |
| #2 A highly reliable and effective recce platform. Backseaters became very, very proficient early-on, at detecting anomalies in Iraq. It would be difficult to say how many soldiers and Marines lives were saved. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-11 11:59 |
| #1 MC-12 is mil version of Cessna Queen Air. very good civilian safety record. Condolences and prayers for victims and their families. Hope the cause was truly not enemy action. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-01-11 11:47 |