A-Team
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Speaks volumes of how ANSF special operations have improved over the course last few years.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Mizzou, an intelligence operator with the Afghan army’s special mission wing, stared at two black images transmitted by an infrared camera to his heads-up display inside a PC-12 Pilatus surveillance aircraft.
“Are those people? Are they moving?” an American air adviser sitting next to him asked quietly. About 16,000 feet below, a police commando unit held its position outside a compound on the outskirts of Kabul, waiting for the answer.
Manipulating the camera’s video-game-like controls, Mizzou zoomed in for a closer look.
After a minute, he replied: “No.” The commando unit’s leader was told that the objects were not threats and that his men could begin their assault.
Small spy planes make big difference on Afghan battlefield - News - Stripes
KABUL, Afghanistan — Mizzou, an intelligence operator with the Afghan army’s special mission wing, stared at two black images transmitted by an infrared camera to his heads-up display inside a PC-12 Pilatus surveillance aircraft.
“Are those people? Are they moving?” an American air adviser sitting next to him asked quietly. About 16,000 feet below, a police commando unit held its position outside a compound on the outskirts of Kabul, waiting for the answer.
Manipulating the camera’s video-game-like controls, Mizzou zoomed in for a closer look.
After a minute, he replied: “No.” The commando unit’s leader was told that the objects were not threats and that his men could begin their assault.
Small spy planes make big difference on Afghan battlefield - News - Stripes
