A student pilot reached for the wrong fuel control in his Block-1 OA-1K Skyraider II, forcing a crash-landing, an Air Force ...

The Accident Investigation Board found that a trainee OA-1K pilot inadvertently shut off fuel, with task saturation, ...

The forced landing of an Air force special operations aircraft in October 2025 in Oklahoma was caused by pilot error, the ...

While SOCOM reduces near-term OA-1K acquisitions, L3Harris boosts production in Texas, keeping the Armed Overwatch program on track for IOC in 2026. L3Harris Technologies, manufacturer of the U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida — Air Force Special Operations Command has dubbed its newest aircraft Skyraider II, a nod to the Cold ...

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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 ...

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The Skyraider name is a deliberate echo of the Vietnam-era A-1 Skyraider, the Air Force’s last turboprop attack aircraft (which later became the template for the A-10 Thunderbolt II, or “Warthog”).

When thinking about new types of aircraft that enter service with modern-day air forces, what generally comes to mind are highly capable, highly advanced fifth- or sixth-generation planes. But that’s ...