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Task Force ODIN uniform patch. Task Force ODIN, whose name is an acronym for observe, detect, identify, and neutralize, is a United States Army aviation battalion created in August 2006 to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) operations to combat insurgent operators of improvised explosive devices in Iraq.
The Beechcraft C-12 Huron is the military designation for a series of twin-engine turboprop aircraft based on the Beechcraft Super King Air and Beechcraft 1900. C-12 variants are used by the United States Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. These aircraft are used for various duties, including embassy support, medical evacuation, as well as ...
Constant Hawk flew on Short 360-300s in Iraq [2] under the command of Task Force ODIN. The system was introduced to Afghanistan in 2009, [3] where it is still in use aboard MC-12W Liberty aircraft. [4]
The Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail is an airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection platform based on the Beechcraft King Air and Super King Air.While the US military and specifically the United States Army have numerous personnel transport variants of the King Air platforms referred to with the general C-12 designation, the RC-12 specification refers to a heavily modified platform that ...
The United States Army has contracted for a number of King Air 300s to be acquired on the second-hand market and modified as ISTAR aircraft for use by Task Force ODIN in operational theaters. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] As of late 2010, 11 such aircraft are registered to the U.S. Army. [ 64 ] Two Canadian-registered and owned King Air 300s, configured in the ...
The military role of unmanned aircraft systems is growing at unprecedented rates. In 2005, tactical- and theater-level unmanned aircraft alone had flown over 100,000 flight hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, organized under Task Force Liberty in Afghanistan and Task Force ODIN in Iraq. Throughout the US ...
Counter-IED Reconnaissance Planes: The U.S. Army's Task Force ODIN-E flies manned reconnaissance aircraft that use an array of full-motion video (FMV), electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR), and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery sensors to find IEDs. [17] IED Volumetric Detection: [18]
The original Guardrail article was not written at all in an encyclopedic tone, and duplicated a lot of material in the C-12 article. Because the RC-12 is a role of the C-12 , with no airframe differences aside from mission equipment, it is entirely appropriate to include the RC-12 program here.