In an era dominated by jet power, the Douglas A-1 Skyraider proved that prop planes still packed a punch. Against all odds, these rugged aircraft brought down a MiG fighter in one of the most ...

L3 Harris test pilot Clint Logwood lives in St. Petersburg. He's showing off his company's new warplane close to home, in ...

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.

More pertinently for the Skyraider II’s purposes, A-1 Skyraiders also supported U.S. special operators fighting in neighboring Laos and Cambodia as part of the secretive Military Assistance ...

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 ...

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla.--(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 Special ...

The US Air Force (USAF) has taken delivery of its first L3Harris/Air Tractor OA-1K Skyraider II special mission turboprop. The aircraft officially joined the Air Force Special Operations Command ...

The artificial horizon on his A-1 Skyraider, a single-prop workhorse of World War II vintage, had suddenly stopped functioning, making it impossible for him to gauge his position among the clouds.

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 ...