Afghanistan First To Fly More Lethal ‘Armed Caravan’

Afghanistan will become the first operator of Orbital ATK’s upgraded AC-208II, a weaponized Cessna Caravan, through a $69 million contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force last month. The AC-208II “Armed Caravan” sale was paid for by the U.S.’s Afghan Security Forces Fund to provide the Afghan Air...

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