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The latest USAF iteration of the infamous Skyraider is a souped up crop duster
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:03 am
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:03 am
Built on a base model of the Air Tractor, it appears to be armored and well armed with missiles, rockets, and bombs.
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Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:09 am to upgrayedd
"contractors" have been using these for years over in the sandbox
ETA: pay is pretty good too
ETA: pay is pretty good too
This post was edited on 6/5/26 at 10:10 am
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:10 am to upgrayedd
My Dad had a ton of hours in the original Skyraider - even dropped a test nuke from one. This is from the early years of his flying them. Later, the planes were dark blue/black (can't tell as it is a B and W photo) and were "special weapons" planes.
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:10 am to upgrayedd
guessing a drone hunter
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:11 am to upgrayedd
Boll Weevils worldwide shite their pants.
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:12 am to 777Tiger
I thought they were using those Embraer and Textron planes
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:15 am to upgrayedd
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I thought they were using those Embraer and Textron planes
know a few guys at work that have taken leaves to go fly those things, most of them were large modified crop dusters, some of them flew a sort of AWACS type King Air
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:16 am to udtiger
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guessing a drone hunter
Appears to be for close air support and ISR
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:18 am to 777Tiger
Damn, that really is a thing
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:19 am to chinhoyang
Very cool.
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:22 am to upgrayedd
They started using the old Cessna Skymasters in Syria a few years ago too.
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:27 am to chinhoyang
This had to be Korean war giving the arming of the plane.
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:30 am to upgrayedd
Posted on 6/5/26 at 10:58 am to upgrayedd
Regarding CAS: I'm assuming the OA-1K is being positioned to replace the A-10?
I know A-10 was extended through 2030, but the OA-1K has to be cheaper than the 50+ year old airframe.
I know A-10 was extended through 2030, but the OA-1K has to be cheaper than the 50+ year old airframe.
This post was edited on 6/5/26 at 10:59 am
Posted on 6/5/26 at 11:31 am to chinhoyang
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Later, the planes were dark blue/black (can't tell as it is a B and W photo) and were "special weapons" planes.
Early skyraiders were overall Gloss Sea Blue. In the 60's the USN went light gull grey over white for all birds.
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