The aircraft, previously known as the OA-1K, is now officially named the Skyraider II, a name derived from the original Skyraider that served in the 20th century. The announcement was made ...

Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest airplane has been named the Skyraider II, a tribute to the legendary A-1 Skyraider, which saw service in Korea and Vietnam and was made famous by ...

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 name pays tribute to the battle-tested legacy of the A-1 Skyraider, a tough and adaptable warbird that served from 1946 through the early 1980s. AFSOC’s newest airframe, the OA-1K ...

Air Force Air Force Special Operations Command has dubbed its newest aircraft Skyraider II, shown here, in a nod to the legendary Skyraider. (Staff Sgt. Natalie Fiorilli/Air Force) FORT WALTON ...

L3Harris won the contract to build a fleet of Skyraider II fighter planes for U.S. Special Operations Command. The new plane won't be a jet, but a turboprop armed with 6,000 pounds of bombs and ...

A general officer with Air Force Special Operations Command, or AFSOC, recently suggested that the OA-1K Skyraider II — which is designed to conduct advanced armed intelligence, surveillance and ...

That will no longer be the case, as the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) decided to name it Skyraider II. The name was chosen in honor of the A-1 Skyraider, a single-seat attack ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida — Air Force Special Operations Command has dubbed its newest aircraft Skyraider II, a nod to the Cold War-era propeller plane that delivered close air support during ...

The answers to these questions came just last week, when the U.S. Air Force announced it will rename its OA-1K to "armed overwatch" concept the "Skyraider II." An homage to the A-1 Skyraiders that ...