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Air Force Reserve's 919th SOW Returns to Gunship Mission with First Flight of AC-130J Ghostrider

The 919th Special Operations Wing flew the AC-130A Spectre for 20 years, before transitioning to non-gunship aircraft, and will now operate the new AC-130J. The 919th Special Operations Wing (919th ...
AOL

The US Air Force plane that just crash-landed in a field was a new special ops attack aircraft converted from a crop duster

No injuries were reported amongst the crew, which included an Air Force active duty personnel and a civilian. The OA-1K Skyraider II is an armed ISR aircraft with close-air support and strike ...
The Aviationist

OA-1K Skyraider II Crash Lands in Oklahoma, Crew Safe

The light attack aircraft went down in a field for unknown reasons minutes after taking off for a training mission. An OA-1K Skyraider II of the U.S. Air Force had to perform a forced landing in a ...
Flightglobal

US Air Force OA-1K Skyraider II crashes during training mission in Oklahoma

One of the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) new light-attack aircraft crashed on 23 October during a training mission in the US state of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma National Guard confirmed the crash of an L3Harris ...
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Portugal receives new A-29N Super Tucano light attack aircraft

The two A-29N Super Tucanos arrived this Saturday in Alverca, where they will be adapted to the configurations required by ...
The National Interest

Air Force Tests OA-1K Skyraider II Attack Plane

Built to fight the War on Terror, can the OA-1K survive in a contested peer environment? The US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is testing the new OA-1K Skyraider II attack plane at ...