Skyraider II i en tynn tråd - A&SF

 

July 11, 2025

Edited by Greg Hadley with Chris Gordon and John A. Tirpak

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A 492nd Special Operations Wing OA-1K Skyraider II awaits preflight inspections on the Will Rogers Air National Guard Base flightline, June 5, 2025, Oklahoma City. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Erika Chapa

SOCOM Halves OA-1K Armed Overwatch Buy for 2026 By Chris Gordon and Greg Hadley U.S. Special Operations Command is once again slowing its purchases of the new OA-1K Skyraider II multipurpose counterinsurgency plane, as the Pentagon pivots its budget to prepare for a high-end conflict following two decades of wars in the Middle East.