unusual aircraft in Afganistan deployment ...

TsrJoe · July 30, 2011, 06:57:49 PM

http://lae.blogg.se/category/dc-3.html

Basler DC.3 conversion, N707BA, used by US. Department of State Air Wing (DoSAW)

i'm not going to comment on the role of protecting the Afgan poppy fields, but its stated role is drug eradication/assault !

The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Aviation Unit of the Kabul Embassy manages the aviation assets in conjunction with units from the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP).

JayBee · July 31, 2011, 01:26:52 AM

That looks like a FLIR turret under the nose.

GTX · August 04, 2011, 11:22:06 PM

Quote from: JayBee on July 31, 2011, 01:26:52 AM
That looks like a FLIR turret under the nose.

That it would be.

PYF42 · August 05, 2011, 12:42:26 AM

It's not a what-if ?
76 years after his first fly , the DC-3 is always "at war" !

I really love this plane !
Never dead , just more faster . ( Like this old Chevy )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basler_BT-67

Regards
Fred

Daryl J. · October 23, 2011, 02:08:17 PM

Might have to do that with Italeri's SM.81 Pipistrello, Trumpeter's SM.79, or a Revell 1/48 Ju-52 and put it in the Time Warp TB.

DarrenP · October 27, 2011, 02:04:23 AM

couldn't they dig out the C123's again?

pyro-manic · October 27, 2011, 05:31:15 PM

Permalink, as the story is about to drop off the page.

http://lae.blogg.se/2010/february/afghan-basler.html

Daryl J. · October 28, 2011, 08:23:55 AM

I found the WB-57's real world presence there odd. Nice unintentional photo of it online available where it's just visible between the MLG of a Reaper.

Martin H · October 28, 2011, 11:28:04 AM

as they say. Only one thing can replace a Dakota.

Another Dakota