But what may sometimes get lost in the shuffle is the fact that AFSOC has employed its fair share of single-engine prop ...

US Air Force Special Operations Command got its first mission-ready Skyraider II attack plane last month, and this week, Business Insider got an up-close look at the new light attack plane at SOF ...

AFSOC previously received two AT-802U trainer aircraft at Hurlburt Field on Jun. 28, 2024, in a representative tail wheel configuration, to train crews for the missionized Armed Overwatch (OA-1K ...

US Air Force Special Operations Command has been working with other airmen and researchers to enable AFSOC's workhorse cargo plane, the MC-130J, to drop pallets of long-range cruise missiles.

To add tactical flexibility and meet growing threats from China and Russia, the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is developing an amphibious landing aircraft capability. With modifications ...

The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has grounded all 52 of its CV-22 Ospreys until further notice because of an "increased number of safety incidents" involving a mishap with the ...

But AFSOC still hasn’t justified why it needs 75 light attack aircraft, planes that would be relatively useless in a fight with an adversary like China, with advanced air defenses and fighter jets.

Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC) 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) operated a modified version of the legendary C-47 (the Basler BT-67) until 2010. AFSOC 6th Special ...

The venerable Reaper UAV could become a mothership for a single-operator drone swarm, the head of Air Force Special Operations Command said recently. AFSOC’s Adaptive Airborne Enterprise project ...

The Air Force’s newest aircraft, a crop-duster style plane modified to perform armed overwatch and intelligence gathering for special operators, will be known as the Skyraider II, the service ...

The AFSOC had ordered the grounding of its CV-22 fleet of 52 aircraft on August 16 in order to conduct safety investigations after a string of incidents involving high clutch engagement (HCE).

He spent his early years in the service as a maintenance technician on the C-130 and various other non-standard aircraft within AFSOC.