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This very expensive King Air (17 million $), captured here during the last of five T&Gs on KRNO's runway 16R, is one of 42 MC-12Ws in the USAF inventory. Used to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support for ground troops, they are presently being transferred from the USAF to the Army for Spec Ops use. There are numerous official articles on the web concerning these aircraft. This is the first photo of 090623 to appear in the FA gallery.
I forgot to add this link when I first posted this pic. Good info from the USAF here http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104497/mc-12.aspx";