One of Dynamic Aviation's Dash-8s, registration N8300S, while flying as part of the US Army's Desert Owl program in 2015. Bill Word
The Warzone/The Drive: One of US Special Operations Command's Newest Spy Planes Is Hunting Terrorists In Libya
A pair of de Havilland Dash-8-based aircraft appear to have taken over directly from two older, shadowy surveillance aircraft.
With two other mysterious spy planes now retired, U.S. Special Operations Command appears to have fully transitioned to using newer, modified de Havilland Canada Dash-8s for certain discreet persistent surveillance missions. At least one of these planes is already becoming a regular feature over Libya, where American special operators continue a secretive hunt for terrorists, including individuals with links to the infamous Benghazi attack.
According to the U.S. military’s latest budget request for the 2019 fiscal year, which it released in February 2018, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) operates at least two of the twin engine Dash-8s as part of a fleet of aircraft known as SOCOM Tactical Airborne Multi-Sensor Platforms, or STAMP. That program also oversees at least three smaller twin engine Beachcraft King Air B300s.
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WNU Editor: No announcement from SOCOM on who they are "hunting" in Libya with these spy planes.
