Michael Conley, head of the Air Force Special Operations Command, announced in March 2025 that the newly developed OA-1K ...

And yet, it turns out that the Air Force's newest fighter plane is built by -- you guessed it -- L3Harris.

By the Vietnam War, the A-1 was technologically outdated ... Harrison joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged. Harrison holds a BA from Lake Forest College ...

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 ...

If I ask which American defense companies build fighter planes ... U.S. Air Force announced it will rename its OA-1K to "armed overwatch" concept the "Skyraider II." An homage to the A-1 ...

Air Force Times previously reported. “From the jungles of Vietnam to the battlefields of tomorrow, the warrior spirit of the A-1 lives on in the OA-1K Skyraider II,” the announcer said.

AFSOC leaders broke the news today at the Special Air Warfare Symposium. The name pays tribute to the battle-tested legacy of the A-1 Skyraider, a tough and adaptable warbird that served from 1946 ...

The Air Force’s decision to award the contract to Fairchild Republic—which went on to build the A-10 Warthog—proved to be one of the greatest decisions Pentagon acquisitions experts have ever made.