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Friday, January 20, 2012

USAF orders 2nd armed Cessna Caravan for Lebanon

An Iraqi Air Force Cessna 208B Grand Caravan flies over Iraq on a training sortieAlliant Techsystems (ATK) will deliver a second AC-208 Combat Caravan to the Lebanese air force under a contract worth nearly $14.7 million awarded on 12 January.

The contract was signed by the US Air Force, which is donating equipment for Lebanon to use in operations against insurgent forces.

The new aircraft will join a first AC-208 delivered to Lebanon nearly three years ago, according to the Lebanese military's website. Delivery of the second aircraft is scheduled in 2013.

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