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The National Interest on MSN18h
Air Force Special Operations Command: Ready to Go Skyraiding!
U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) first missionized aircraft was based on an Air Tractor AT-802, primarily used for crop dusting.
The National Interest on MSN2d
The Air Force Wants a Propellor Plane for Special Operations Missions. Yes, Really.
The rudimentary nature of the OA-1K Skyraider II, which will serve alongside such advanced machines as the F-22 Raptor and AH ...
National Interest on MSN4mon
The Air Force Has Its Very Own Special Forces
When it comes to the U.S. Armed Forces’ elite Special Operations units ... Force Recon, and Marine Raiders. But far fewer ...
This photo of Air Force special ops pool training is chaos. There’s a reason for that.
A picture taken during selection training for Air Force Special Tactics Officers captures the intensity of underwater ...
Stars and Stripes4d
First mission-ready Skyraider II aircraft delivered to Air Force Special Operations Command
The missionized OA-1K Skyraider II can adapt capabilities for required mission sets be it close air support, precision strike or armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Aviation Week8d
U.S. Air Force Special Ops Command Receives First Missionized OA-1K
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) on April 3 took delivery of its newest aircraft, the L3Harris/Air Tractor OA-1K Skyraider II. The aircraft, an extensively modified AT-802 ...
Defense News1y
Air Force to deploy Ospreys in weeks as post-crash groundings lift
The military grounded Ospreys after a fatal crash in November 2023, and Air Force Special Operations Command is gradually returning them to the air. Romanian pilots will be the first to learn to ...