Fire Scout starts operations in northern Afghanistan Posted on June 15, 2011 by alert5 The MQ-8B Fire Scout flew its first flight over northern Afghanistan on May 2 and achieved initial operational capability 19 days later. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Fire Scout airborne for 18 hours Afghan Air Corps C-27s touches all corners of Afghanistan Fire Scout that went for joyride nearly intercepted by NORAD Fire Scout went missing over Washington DC Fire Scout flights to resume, promised not to wander off again Fire Scout cleared extreme testing in UAE