The U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) first missionized aircraft was based on an Air Tractor AT-802, a craft primarily employed for crop dusting. The United States Air Force Special ...

The U.S. Air Force has modified its plans to relocate the 492nd Special Operations Wing to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Here, Air Force operators with the 492nd Special Operations Wing conduct a free ...

Air Force Air Force Special Operations Command has dubbed its newest aircraft Skyraider II, shown here, in a nod to the legendary Skyraider. (Staff Sgt. Natalie Fiorilli/Air Force) FORT WALTON BEACH, ...

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 ...

The rudimentary nature of the OA-1K Skyraider II, which will serve alongside such advanced machines as the F-22 Raptor and AH-64 Apache, is in fact one of the aircraft’s upsides. On April 3 rd, the OA ...

The Air Force plans to move several special operations units from Florida to Arizona’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in a shakeup of initial plans to replace the installation’s retiring A-10s with a ...

While the requirement stands at 75, SOCOM plans to buy just 62 OA-1Ks for now. Credit: Staff Sgt. Natalie Fiorilli/AFSOC The title is not the only detail that has shifted for the U.S. Air Force’s ...