On March 19, 2010, the Air Force formally announced it was beginning a search for candidate basing locations for the MC-12W Project Liberty intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance platform. The aircraft currently is participating in combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Here, the first MC-12W bound for Operation Enduring Freedom arrives at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2009.
US Air Force photo/A1C David Gurley
