The legendary Skyraider spirit returns with the reveal of the OA-1K Skyraider II, a modern tribute to a classic combat icon. Take a first look at how this new aircraft blends timeless ruggedness with ...

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 ...

The OA-1K Skyraider II, now fully modified for military use, is an inexpensive but capable light attack aircraft to provide eyes in the sky for special operations forces on the ground and replace ...

Including light-armed reconnaissance aircraft the likes of the OA-1K Skyraider II. The plane is relatively new in the grand scheme of things, having received its name at the beginning of March.

The first missionized L3Harris/Air Tractor OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft of the U.S. AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command) officially joined the fleet in a ceremony on Apr. 3, 2025 ...

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX, along with Air Tractor, a top producer of purpose-built aircraft, has made the delivery of the first missionized OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft to the U.S. Air Force ...

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla., April 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Air Tractor have delivered the first missionized OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft to support U.S. Air Force ...

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Air Tractor have delivered the first missionized OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft to support U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command. The Skyraider II will help ...

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 ...

Requirements would include having the endurance, weapons variety, and survivability traits similar to and superior to the aging Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Requests for proposals (RFP) went out in ...

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 ...

For that reason, a piston aircraft could provide an advantage in close air support, precisely what the Douglas A-1 Skyraider did for decades. The Skyraider took its first flight in March 1945 ...