Posted on 03/10/2018 2:18:25 AM PST by BBell
March 9 (UPI) -- Orbital ATK has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force for services in support of aircraft for the Afghanistan Air Force.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $86.4 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract.
The agreement between the U.S. Air Force and Orbital ATK will provide the Afghan Air Force with an AC-208 Eliminator, an armed intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.
The aircraft is equipped with AGM-114 HELLFIRE missile payloads.
Work on the contract will occur in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be complete by June 2019, the Pentagon said in a press release.
More than $42.3 million will be obligated to Orbital ATK from fiscal 2017 Afghan security forces funds
LOL.Just 30 years ago both Afghans and Iraq had real Air Forces.
Arming Iran’s Iraq so they can kill Kurds. Giving them pots too piss in would be overdoing it.
Aside from the modest complexities of the powerplant and prop, you could learn to fly that Cessna in about 2 hours of seat time.
Stable, slow, great visibility.
THE UNFORGOTTEN IRAQI AIR FORCE 2
This photo gallery shows the Iraqi Mirage F1, the main and major and the most effective one with the Russian jets MIG23, 25 , 29..
It’s hurted the Iranian Air Force very badly, by hunting their ships and specialy their F14s.
the last photo shows the remains of a great F1 with 14 Victories you can count it on its side.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pkKbq7qMtIE
Odd. It worked for me.
Nice picture!!
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We’ve borrowed over 76 billion dollars for the MIC to create a military in Afghanistan. What’s a few million more...
Thanks! I did not know that. Been posting pictures for years and I’m sure I’ve done it in the past yet no one notified me of it.
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