US Army fleet of roadside bomb-hunting Dash 8s depart Middle East By Ryan Finnerty 2022-08-16T22:42:00+01:00 The US Army’s fleet of roadside bomb-hunting turboprops has flown its last mission in ...

SkyAlyne has signed a contract with airframer De Havilland Canada to acquire three Dash 8-400 aircraft in support of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF’s) trainer fleet recapitalisation effort.

The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is to field a “highly modified” De Havilland Canada (DHC) Dash-8 aircraft for special mission support operations.

Introduced in 1984, the Dash 8 stands as a key transport aircraft in the Army. Designed by de Havilland, later taken over by Bombardier Aerospace, the Dash 8 can hit a top speed of 317 mph.

A small fleet of Army Dash-8 intelligence planes that have hunted for roadside bombs over Afghanistan and Iraq for more than a decade flew their final mission for U.S. Central Command on July 31 ...