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Three of these showed up overnight, they all look brand new and are sporting N numbers as well.

Air Force Special Ops maybe??
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Mike
Is that a twin otter?
I know there are a couple stationed in CO. Listed as UV-18B.

Also the Golden Knights have a order for 3 brand new ones. Maybe that is who owns them and they just haven't been painted yet.

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No, they're some kind of Polish aircraft, that's all anyone around the office knows.
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Mike,

it's a PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck, a Polish licence-built An-28.

Not sure about the reg of this one, but I think it is N319TW.
They also have N305ST, both are owned by Sierra Nevada Co., which is mentioned as a 'front company for US Special Forces'...

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Ahh very good, they departed before I could get a better picture.
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MIKE JG wrote:Ahh very good, they departed before I could get a better picture.
You must have spooked 'em Mike :roll:
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MIKE JG wrote:Three of these showed up overnight, they all look brand new and are sporting N numbers as well.

Air Force Special Ops maybe??

indeed, they belong to the 318th SOS based at Cannon AFB
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Dakotafreak wrote:Mike,

it's a PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck, a Polish licence-built An-28.

Not sure about the reg of this one, but I think it is N319TW.
They also have N305ST, both are owned by Sierra Nevada Co., which is mentioned as a 'front company for US Special Forces'...

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Nice shot of 305ST stopped over at Ft. Smith Regnl (KFSM) on Fencecheck.
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Found two more: N279DH and N310MV, so they operate at least four of them.

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MIKE JG wrote:Three of these showed up overnight, they all look brand new and are sporting N numbers as well.

Air Force Special Ops maybe??
All three of these have been spotted in Malta, also a 27 SOW DHC-8......

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they are getting around aren't they..
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Headed to Libyan desert maybe......
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Would make sense to drop some operators behind the lines to spot the libyan ground forces for a visit by a JDAM
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Someone else with a real camera got some better shots than I did when they were here:

http://www.opshots.net/gallery2/index.p ... s&id=26887

http://www.opshots.net/gallery2/index.p ... s&id=26892
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It looks cold in Cleveland!
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