Iraqi aircrew make first Hellfire missile launch

摘要

An AC-208 Combat Caravan turboprop-powered aircraft from 3 Squadron of the reconstituted Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) fired an AGM-114 Hellfire laser-guided air-to-surface missile, officials at Multinational Force Security Transition Command Iraq announced on 12 November, writes Doug Richardson.rnIt was the first missile fired by the new IQAF and the trial was conducted at a bombing range near Al Asad airbase, Iraq.