Red Flag 12-3, that took place at Nellis AFB, Nevada, from Feb. 27 to Mar. 16 saw the first ever use of the MC-12W ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) plane in the exercise. Belonging to ...

The following video shows an MC-12W Liberty of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing during a mission over Afghanistan. Although scarcely known, the MC-12W is one of the most valuable U.S. ISR (intelligence ...

Shawn Hall, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, marshals in a MC-12W aircraft June 26, 2015, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Hall is part of the Project liberty team ...

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If you read that recent Military.com story about the Air Force’s efforts to engineer a new coffee mug and thought to yourself “why do these horrible mugs cost some $1,200 apiece of my hard-earned tax ...

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - A group of Airmen chatted quietly in their seats between two symmetrically positioned MC-12W Liberty aircraft in a hangar at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The Airmen ...

Beale Air Force Base in California has been chosen as the Air Force’s “preferred location” for the MC-12W program, according to a Thursday afternoon Air Force news release. Robins Air Force Base had ...

Last month, the Air Force named Robins Air Force Base as a potential home for the MC-12W, a small intelligence-gathering aircraft program. The base will compete against five other Air Force ...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD Afghanistan-- An MC-12W takes off from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan this is the first mission of the newly activated 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron Dec. 29, 2009. (U.S. Air ...

Hawker Beechcraft has delivered the first new-build MC-12W Liberty aircraft to the US Air Force. The aircraft has been transferred to an L-3 Communications facility in Waco, Texas for further ...

As Beale Air Force Base aircraft go, the MC-12W Liberty was pretty unassuming. Other Beale aircraft have distinct profiles — the glider-like U-2 Dragon Lady, the sleek T-38 Talon and the futuristic RQ ...

For years, troops in Afghanistan have been short of some crucial assets: Helicopters, blast-resistant trucks and eyes in the sky. But with the influx of new boots on the ground, the Afghanistan ...