Discover details about the newest crewed aircraft the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has accepted into its fleet.

The event highlighted the A-1’s versatility and ... depending on its loadout. While quite slow compared to jets like the MiG-17, the Skyraider’s ability to loiter over a target area for ...

The best of these was the A-1 Skyraider, a star in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the last U.S. military propeller-driven aircraft of its type to see combat. The A-1 was retired from active ...

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.

The delivery ceremony also saw in attendance Lt. Col. Bill Buice, a 98-year-old retired A-1 Skyraider pilot who flew the plane from Jun. 1967 to Jul. 1968 during the Vietnam War, and survived ...

US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) took delivery of its first L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II at Hurlburt Field in ...