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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes, a 99.96% success rate isn’t good enough. That’s how often the Air Force’s MC-12W Liberty spy planes arrive overhead when needed by U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...