332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

MC-12 reaches 1,000th combat mission

By SOF Editor on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 11:29am

332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
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Senior Airman Andria J. Allmond

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq (AFNS) -- Members of the 362nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here, recently reached 1,000 combat sorties in the MC-12W aircraft only five months after arriving in-theater. Currently operating only at Joint Base Balad, the MC-12 is one of the Air Force's newest platforms for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.