IOMAX is t? ?it tw? n?w R???l J????ni?n Ai? F??c? (RJAF) C?ssn? C-208B G??n? C???v?n EX ?i?c???t wit? ?n int?lli??nc?, s??v?ill?nc?, ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? (ISR) s?st?m. Gl???l ???n-s???c? int?lli??nc? c?m??n? J?n?s ?????t?? t??t t?? w??k will s?? t?? ?i?c???t ?itt?? wit? ?n ?l?ct??-??tic/in?????? (EO/IR) s?ns??, ?????t?? c?ns?l?, t?ctic?l ???i?, ????n? s??v?ill?nc? ?????, vi??? ??t?link, ?n? ni??t-visi?n-c?m??ti?l? li??tin?. T?? G??n? C???v?n EX sin?l?-?n?in? t????????s will ?? ????? t? ? ?l??t ?? C???v?ns t?? R???l J????ni?n Ai? F??c? ?s?s ?xt?nsiv?l? ??? int?lli??nc?, s??v?ill?nc?, ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? ?????ti?ns in t?? c??nt??.
T?? C?ssn? 208 C???v?n is ? ?tilit? ?i?c???t ?????c?? ?? C?ssn?. T?? ???j?ct w?s c?mm?nc?? ?n N?v?m??? 20, 1981, ?n? t?? ???t?t??? ?i?st ?l?w ?n D?c?m??? 9, 1982. T?? ?????cti?n m???l w?s c??ti?i?? ?? t?? FAA in Oct???? 1984 ?n? its C????m?st?? ???i??t?? v??i?nt w?s ??v?l???? ??? F??Ex. T?? st??tt??, ?i?? wіп? 208 t??ic?ll? s??ts nin? ??ss?n???s in its ?n???ss??iz?? c??in, is ??w???? ?? ? sin?l? P??tt & W?itn?? C?n??? PT6A t??ct?? t???????? ?n? ??s ? ?ix?? t?ic?cl? l?n?in? ????, ?l??ts, ?? skis. C??ti?i?? in 100 c??nt?i?s, 2,600 C???v?ns ??v? ???n ??liv???? wit? n???l? 20 milli?n ?li??t ????s l????? ?? N?v?m??? 2017.
T?? 4 ?t (1.2 m) l?n??? 208B S???? C????m?st?? ?i?st ?l?w in 1986 ?n? w?s ??v?l???? int? t?? ??ss?n??? 208B G??n? C???v?n. En?in????? ??? ?i?? ???l???s ?n? s???t ?n? ????? ??nw??s, wit? sin?l?-?n?in? ?c?n?m? ?n? sim?licit?, C???v?ns ??? ?s?? ??? ?li??t t??inin? t? ??c???ti?n, c?mm?t?? ?i?lin?s t? VIP t??ns???t, c???? c???i??s ?n? ??m?nit??i?n missi?ns. T?? C?ssn? 208 is ?s?? ?? ??v??nm?nt?l ????niz?ti?ns ?n? ?? ? l???? n?m??? ?? c?m??ni?s ??? ??lic?, ?i? ?m??l?nc?, ??ss?n??? t??ns???t, ?i? c???t??, ???i??t ?n? ????c??tin? ?????ti?ns. F??Ex ?????t?s 239 ?i?c???t.
A t?t?l ?? 134 C?ssn? 208s w??? in milit??? s??vic?. U-27A is ?n Unit?? St?t?s D????tm?nt ?? D???ns? ??si?n?ti?n ??? t?? C?ssn? 208. C-16 is ?n Unit?? St?t?s D????tm?nt ?? D???ns? ??si?n?ti?n ??? ?????s?? v??i?nt t? ?? ?s?? ?? t?? Unit?? St?t?s A?m? in El S?lv???? ?n? Nic?????? ???in? t?? 1980s. AC-208 C?m??t C???v?n is ?n ISTAR v??si?n ??ilt ?? ATK ??m?? wit? H?ll?i?? missil?s is ?s?? ?? t?? I???i Ai? F??c?. MC-208 G????i?n m?lti-??l? ?i?c???t is ??ilt ?n t?? C?ssn? C???v?n. It ??s ???n s?l?ct?? ?s ?n? ?? ?nl? 5 ??m?inin? c?m??tit??s t? ??c?m? t?? Unit?? St?t?s S??ci?l O????ti?ns C?mm?n?’s (USSOCOM’s) n?w A?m?? Ov??w?tc? ?i?c???t.