Iraqi AC-208 Fires Its First Hellfire Missile

Credit: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY TRANSITION COMMAND IRAQ PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Efforts to rebuild the Iraqi air force have taken a big step forward with this month’s first launch of an AGM-114 laser-guided Hellfire missile from an AC-208 Combat Caravan. The Iraqi air force (IqAF) and its coalition advisers have been working for well over a year to introduce the air-to-ground...

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