The Skyraider II will take on global missions, complicating the plans of U.S. adversaries. When one thinks of the badass ...

Built to fight the War on Terror, can the OA-1K survive in a contested peer environment? The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is testing the new OA-1K Skyraider II attack plane at ...

L3Harris won the contract to build a fleet of Skyraider II fighter planes for U.S. Special Operations Command. The new plane won't be a jet, but a turboprop armed with 6,000 pounds of bombs and ...

The Air Force’s newest aircraft, a crop-duster style plane modified to perform armed overwatch and intelligence gathering, was delivered last week to Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt ...

When people think of the U.S. Air Force's attack-capable aircraft, they likely consider its fighters, which get all the press. But there's more to the Air Force than the F-22, F-35A, and other fighter ...

The Air Force’s newest aircraft, a crop-duster style plane modified to perform armed overwatch and intelligence gathering for special operators, will be known as the Skyraider II, the service’s ...

The U.S. military has long relied upon jet engines for its fighter and attack aircraft. As early as the 1940s, U.S. aircraft were experimenting with jet engines, threatening to make the ...

AFSOC leaders broke the news today at the Special Air Warfare Symposium. The name pays tribute to the battle-tested legacy of the A-1 Skyraider, a tough and adaptable warbird that served from 1946 ...

The Air Force’s newest aircraft, a crop-duster style plane modified to perform armed overwatch and intelligence gathering for special operators, will be known as the Skyraider II, the service’s ...

America's Special Operations Forces (SOF), regardless of their nature, are a special breed of military, used to performing missions that would seem simply impossible for most other soldiers. As such, ...