Aufstands- und Partisanenbekämpfung (COIN)

[Shahab3]

Iraqi Air Force Combat Caravan planes Bomb Al-Qaeda Bases in Fallujah
...
The AC-208 Combat Caravan is a COIN (Counter Insurgency) version of the civilian Cessna 208 Grand Caravan aircraft.

The light attack plane, converted by ATK company, is equipped with ISR (Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems and, above all, it can fire Hellfire missiles, as those used to pound militants in the videos available online.

Iraq is slowly rebuilding its military with new planes and helicopters: in order to support COIN and border patrol missions, it has just received the first of 40 Mi-35 and Mi-28N choppers
...

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://theaviationist.com/2014/01/10/iraqi-ac-208-attack/">http://theaviationist.com/2014/01/10/ir ... 08-attack/</a><!-- m -->
(Video auf verlinkter Webseite)