by "S65" (granthp)
Published 07/13/2017 at 12:53
by "S65" (granthp)
Published 07/13/2017 at 12:53
Tags: AC-208 Combat Caravan
; Cessna
; Cessna 208 Caravan
; Ground attack
; Conversations
; Military aircraft
STARS: 5
And it has the capability to fire the AGM-114 Hellfire ASM missile. Currently only the Iraqi air force uses it. ATK carries out the conversion.
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
07/13/2017 at 12:56, STARS: 4
That’s kinda like this.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
07/13/2017 at 12:57, STARS: 1
Best plane just got better.
I was aware of this a while back. I balked at the idea, but I heard part of the rationale was low cost, good reliability, low-tech, and something that couldn’t be easily used against us if it fell into the wrong hands.
"S65" (granthp)
07/13/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 0
What the fuck
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
07/13/2017 at 12:59, STARS: 4
The Air Force used Skymasters as air support aircraft in Vietnam.
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
07/13/2017 at 13:01, STARS: 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_150_TAP
"bwp240" (bwp240)
07/13/2017 at 13:14, STARS: 2
This is your Captain speaking, we are going to be making a small diversion as we need to blow up this submarine that can be viewed out the left windows.
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
07/13/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 1
I’ve seen one of those “in the metal”.
It looks even crazier than in the picture.
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
07/13/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 0
I don’t think that one exists... yet.
Also - left windows?
"facw" (facw)
07/13/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 2
We can do that too:
The P-8 is a 737 with a torpedo bay (and many other toys).
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
07/13/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 0
The other part being that there is a huge market for COIN aircraft.
Hadn’t someone tried to revive the Mustang for that role, back in the day?
"bwp240" (bwp240)
07/13/2017 at 13:36, STARS: 0
that explains why it was so hard to find pictures of it...
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
07/13/2017 at 13:45, STARS: 0
Computer-generated pics here (I think). Maybe you’ve already seen this site: