The newest aircraft on the Air Force's inventory arrived Dec.
27th, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The MC-12 aircraft,
tail number 090623, was the first of an undisclosed number of
aircraft for the new 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron.
Educational Director, Larry Wood, Profiles the Infamous Spruce
Goose
In July of 1942, while the United States remained embroiled in
World War II, famed industrialist Henry Kaiser proposed a fleet of
flying transports to safely protect troops and supplies from German
U-boats. Joining forces with Howard Hughes, Kaiser obtained
an $18,000,000 government contract to construct three “Flying
Boats.”
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