Aircraft Photo of N80BZ | Beech Super King Air 300 | USA - Army | AirHistory.net #166664
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N80BZ
Aircraft Original Type:Beech 300 Super King Air
Aircraft Generic Type:Beech 300/350 Super King Air
Aircraft Version:Beech Super King Air 300
C/n (msn):FA-117
Operator Titles:(USA - Army)
Location
City / Airport:KandaharMap
Country:Afghanistan
Airport Codes:ICAO: OAKN   IATA: KDH   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:9 February 2010
Photo by:Stephan de Bruijn
Photo ID: 166664
Photo Comment

This aircraft belongs to a small and secretive fleet that supports American special operators around the world, including the shadowy Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC. N80BZ is one of the US Special Operations Command's Tactical Airborne Multi-Sensor Platforms, or STAMP aircraft. The Beech is a dedicated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform but has a special task in locating and monitoring hostile communications transmissions, like geo-locating emissions from cell phones. In that way the US Army can track particular individuals and spoof spoof wireless networks.

This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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