The Skyraider II, a militarized version of the AT-802 crop duster, is built to give isolated special ops teams eyes overhead ...

Air Force officials are testing disassembling and reassembling the Skyraider II so it can be deployed in hours instead of ...

You wouldn't expect the latest aircraft added to the U.S. Air Force's fleet to be propeller planes, but that's exactly what ...

AFSOC has received 18 of the aircraft and expects a “handful more” by the end of this fiscal year, Lt. Col. Robert Wilson said.

AFSOC has revealed a new Block II variant of the OA-1K Skyraider II featuring rapid deployment and reassembly capabilities ...

L3Harris is increasing its international pitch for the OA-1K Skyraider II armed overwatch aircraft, offering the modified crop duster as an effective counter-drone hunter along with maritime and ...

U.S. Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) fiscal 2027 future years defense plan (FYDP) said that the budget for the OA-1K ...

A slow-moving plane vulnerable to sophisticated anti-air defenses is of questionable use in the Indo-Pacific. Fortunately, the OA-1K is a versatile aircraft. One Air Force official, speaking to The ...

The US Air Force and Special Operations Command are preparing to field the new low-cost close air support platform developed under the Armed Overwatch programme, which uses an Air Tractor turboprop ...

A US Air Force OA-1K Skyraider II at Hurlburt Field, Florida, in January 2025. AFSOC has now taken formal delivery of its first OA-1K. (AFSOC) US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) took ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida—The U.S. Air Force and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have named the OA-1K light attack aircraft the Skyraider II, a continuation of the service’s tail dragging heritage ...