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- AT-802U Sky Warden: SOCOM’s new armed overwatch aircraft
Billed as the largest single-engine turboprop aircraft in the world, the original Air Tractor AT-802 aircraft on which the Sky Warden is based first flew in the 1990s as a crop duster
- L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II - Wikipedia
The Air Tractor L3Harris OA-1K Skyraider II (company name AT-802U Sky Warden) is an American fixed-wing, single-engine counter-insurgency aircraft, configured for light attack and armed ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)
- Air Tractor Military Aircraft: Agricultural Roots with Combat Potential
The AT-802U Sky Warden, a modified version of Air Tractor's AT-802 crop duster, is now providing advanced armed overwatch and close air support (CAS) capabilities for U S special operations
- Modified Crop Duster Chosen For Special Ops Armed Overwatch Mission
The U S Special Operations Command will soon be flying a much-adapted crop duster for surveillance and strike missions, according to plans announced by the command yesterday
- US Air Force dubs new OA-1K armed crop duster ‘Skyraider II’ ahead of . . .
US Air Force Special Operations Command is preparing to receive its first OA-1K Skyraider II, an Air Tractor AT-802 crop duster militarised by L3Harris to provide close air support and
- US Air Force not the only customer for armored crop dusters
The U S Air Force’s OA-1K Skyraider II is often described as a “crop duster on steroids ” Built on the rugged Air Tractor AT-802U platform, the heavily modified prop-driven aircraft was designed for counter-insurgency missions and armed overwatch
- Warplanes: U. S. Air Force Adopts Militarized Crop Duster
Air Tractor, the American firm that makes the popular AT-802 crop duster, introduced a militarized version in 2016, called the AT-802U This version is modified during construction to carry military sensors (like the Sniper XR targeting pod) as well as a variety of weapons
- Air Tractor Sky Warden will have first aircraft delivered to the US Air . . .
The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) reported that it will receive the first Sky Warden aircraft from October this year Winner of the Armed Overwatch program, the Sky Warden is a military variant of Air Tractor’s AT-802 crop duster, modified in partnership with the company L3 Harris
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