U.S. Air Force Special Operations Focus Shifts In Modernization Plans is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers. Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air Force Special Operations Command has named a new top enlisted leader nearly two months after his predecessor was removed from ...

“To infill a force or execute a strike, SOF [special operations forces] airborne ISR, the mix of remotely piloted and manned ...

The Air Force opened an investigation after one of its new special operations plane, converted from a crop duster, crashed in a field in Oklahoma City shortly after take off. The Oklahoma Air National ...

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 ...

An OA-1K Skyraider II — Air Force Special Operations Command’s new aircraft — crashed in a field in Oklahoma City on Thursday afternoon, the Oklahoma National Guard said in a statement. Two crew ...

The project aims to equip larger drones with smaller drones to take out battlefield targets. The Air Force awarded a multi-million dollar contract for small unmanned aerial systems that can support ...

Air Force Special Operations Command is taking a different approach to testing its newest aircraft OA-1K Skyraider II at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to account for a feature not seen in the Air Force ...

Elite U.S. Special Forces units, including the Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets, are leaning into first-person view drones as ...

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 ...

Not quite one year into his job overseeing special operations for the US Air Force (USAF), Lieutenant General Michael Conley faces what he calls an uncertain operating environment. In addition to ...

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 movies ...